Orig Msg From: "Neva & Donna Muehlenbein" <[email protected]> <I'm looking for the town of Reelkirchen, Germany in West Prussia.> Reelkirchen is a small town 6 miles southeast of Detmold on Route 1 (designated a tourist/scenic road). The nearest town of any size is 32805 Bad Meinberg Horn 2 miles southwest of Reelkirchen. I found no postal code for it in my index. It is in Lippe (Detmold) district, Kreise Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen. For a map, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~deunrhwf/kreismap2.htm and www.mapquest.com An excellent website for Lippe (in English) is: http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe.html or http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe.html The last time I accessed the site, it was in beta testing. It lists all the libraries, governmental archives & church addresses for research. If you read German go to http://www.lwl.org/HTML/ALLGEM/ALLGEM01.HTM (not sure if last part of URL is HTM or HTML) My ancestors came from the same area, a little north of Reelkirchen. I'm researching: DRIER, EHLENBROKER, ENGELER FINNEN, HOFEMANN, KRIETENSTEIN, PRUSZNER in Bruntrup, Brundtrip-Montcholr (Talle), Hagen. Horstmar, Lemgo, Leese & Talle in Kreise Lippe, N-W. Best of luck in your search. Curt