Hi Joyce, hope this could help you bit more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Identification_Number 08 is for Baden-Wuerttemberg 211 is for Baden-Baden 000 for Baden-Baden-town look here: Stadt Baden-Baden Bürgermeisteramt der Stadt Baden-Baden Postfach 920 76485 Baden-Baden Marktplatz 2 76530 Baden-Baden Telefon: 07221 / 93-0 E-Mail: bb@baden-baden.de Homepage: www.baden-baden.de Amtl.Gemeindeschlüssel: 08211000 Baden-Baden in Zahlen: Regionaldatenbank Try to get a contact to the town archive, maybe they have lists of their emmigrants. Good luck Manuela (Siewert) http://mitglied.lycos.de/manuseefried