As D5550 does not include the + it is outside of Hesse-Kassel I scanned about 3000 lines/60 pages in HETRINA II and couldn't find anything near to D5550. Here are the closest numbers I found. D5400 Koblenz D5400 Nancy D5401 Werlau X5401 Feldengel [former DDR] D5429 Ruppertshofen D5473 Kruft D5581 Wolf X5701 Lengenfeld [former DDR] X5820 Langensalza [former DDR] X5900 Eisenach [former DDR]. D5928 Laasphe Bob Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: John Merz To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Hetrina and 'old postal codes' in Germany. From: "RC Brooks" <rcbrooks@pivot.net> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:06 PM <snip> > All four entries give his place of origin as Dusemond, old postal code D5550 To help find the new postal codes (Postleitzahlen - PLZ), here is a URL for convertions - http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dienste/plz.html Unfortunately the above place of origin could not be found, bets bet is to find another town with same old PLZ and pinpoint the location. Good luck, John Merz (my 6 Hetrina volumes are now part of my collection at Ameliasburgh, Ontario)