Nature I would like to thank all the people who have got back to me, I now have 2 towns to checkout for the family they are below. 1 Blankenhagen M. (in Mecklenburg Schwerin 2 Blakenhagen It is between Hannover and Kassel (west part of Germany. I think we can also say the name was def. BRUS not BRUFS I also have the fathers name as Christain the same as his elder son from South Australian records. Kind regards to all Ron Clark East Fremantle Western Australia this message has been scanned by Norton Anti Virus 2002