This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaW.2ACIB/972.1 Message Board Post: when i could not fond my family i germany, i used word software and wrote in english on the top and translated it to german on the bottom. I sent it to tourist bureaus in the small towns around where i though they lived. I asked if they knew of my family and within in 2 weeks i got a reply from my cousin. it is worth a try