Thank you all for help with Winterborn and Strasborg. Yes, <http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp> times out on me too. I'll keep trying. My ancestor is Johannes Schroeder b. 1769. His passport was issued March 28, 1820 (to travel with family). It was issued by the royal Bavarian Government of Rhinecircle. What is or was the royal Bavarian Government of Rhinecircle?