Well............ I'd check out http://users.rootsweb.com/~deuhes/Hessen/links.htm, Table #3, and if nothing strikes your fancy there, try MegaLink right below it. Just type in Germany, or German history, or similar. You can also subscribe to newsgroups which concentrate on German history. Some of them get highly technical and argumentative, and some have little time for the novice -- but they are "out there," as we say. ;~) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Juergen & our other friends in Germany, I wish it was true that our libraries (or even our book stores) had something that would be helpful with our attempts at learning something of our ancestor's homeland.