Pat McCoy asked for info on the State Archives in Detmold. Their e-mail address is [email protected] Nordrhein-Westfälisches Staatsarchive Detmold Willi-Hofmann-Str.2 32756 Detmold They did a look up of Auswanderung (emigration) requests for me. I e-mailed my request in my feeble German and they replied in German. Good luck Nancy