> Von: Debbie Hill <debjhill@northwinds.net> > I have just found my grandfathers place of birth-Doletz and place > of last residence- Riedingbach, from his Declaration > of Intention for Naturalization. I tried mapquest and it > showed them between Lauterbach and Ihlefeld in > Thuringen. I can find no other information. Are > they small villages or don't they exist? I don't know because all my maps don't show these towns. It is possible that these towns are no real towns, not even villages, because they are too little. In this region exist a lot of few-houses-places. Maybe Doletz and Riedingbach are such localities. You should try to obtain a county map of Wartburgkreis. Or write a nice letter to the mayor of Lauterbach: Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Mihla Gemeindeverwaltung Lauterbach Hauptstrasse 38 D-99826 Lauterbach Or to the next land register office: Katasteramt Eisenach Werneburgstrasse 11 D-99817 Eisenach Fax: ++49/3691/2385-10 -- Best regards/Gruss, Johannes Sempert Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.