We have hit several brick walls on our German genealogy, but after reading the research hints that Paul provided I am really excited. The site http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx? shows our main two surnames Odenwalder and Hilkert in the same area as our ancestors left from over a hundred years ago. Does anyone have any helpful hints on obtaining addresses and contacting people to see if there is a possible connection? I would assume I would need to write the letter in German and English. Any hints would be appreciated Darlene Odenwalder

Try using the German Online Phone Directory. Here is the link: http://www.telefonbuch.de/english.html?la=en&&sp=0&aktion=11 Gary and Darlene Odenwalder <odenwalders@gmail.com> wrote: We have hit several brick walls on our German genealogy, but after reading the research hints that Paul provided I am really excited. The site http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx? shows our main two surnames Odenwalder and Hilkert in the same area as our ancestors left from over a hundred years ago. Does anyone have any helpful hints on obtaining addresses and contacting people to see if there is a possible connection? I would assume I would need to write the letter in German and English. Any hints would be appreciated Darlene Odenwalder ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is link to the German telephone book, English page. http://www.telefonbuch.de/english.html?la=en&&sp=0&aktion=11 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary and Darlene Odenwalder" <odenwalders@gmail.com> To: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: [BW] How to contact people in Germany > We have hit several brick walls on our German genealogy, but after reading > the research hints that Paul provided I am really excited. > > The site http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx? shows our > main two surnames Odenwalder and Hilkert in the same area as our ancestors > left from over a hundred years ago. Does anyone have any helpful hints on > obtaining addresses and contacting people to see if there is a possible > connection? > > I would assume I would need to write the letter in German and English. > > Any hints would be appreciated > > Darlene Odenwalder > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >