Hi Mary Lou, you're right, there are two places Starkow in Mecklenburg; one is part of 18469 Altenhagen and the other one is part of 18195 Thelkow (numbers are German zip codes). In search for your ancestors, you'd better ask the church parishes for records. Try to write a basic English, it surely would be understood. The next churches and parishes are Velgast and Tessin: Evangelisches Pfarramt Velgast Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse D-18469 Velgast Tel +49 38324-358 Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchgemeinden Tessin, Vilz, Thelkow Pfarramt Rostocker Strasse 5 D-18195 Tessin Tel +49 38205-13243 Did you already try the Mecklenburg-L? If you want to subscribe to the list, send a message containing the following text: subscribe mecklenburg-l to: majordomo@genealogy.net Do not include anything else in the text portion of the message, as this may confuse majordomo (ie no signatures). Please be aware that the listowner must approve all subscriptions, so there may be a slight delay in getting subscribed. Take care, Juergen ***************************** Jürgen Fritsche (Germany) ----------------------------- genealogy@ib-fritsche.de ***************************** > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Jerry G. Bartee [mailto:t-bar@worldnet.att.net] > Gesendet am: Samstag, 29. Juli 2000 23:11 > An: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: [GERMANKING] two choices, Starkow, Mecklenburg, Germany > > How does a person decide where they are from especially when there are two > places in Mecklenburg Vorpommera, by the name of Starkow. This > is according > to MapQuest. > > Mary Lou > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > It is click and send ready > mailto:German-Kingdoms-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >