Dear subscribers to this list, I am sorry for causing confusion. I want to affirm that I am writing an acadamic research and that I am not working for a travel agency or somthing like this. I definitely will not send you any unwanted emails. Please ask me if you have got any further questions or recommendations. The main purpose of the service is to find out how the service in German archives and institutions can be improved for Non-German speakers and whether there is an inteterest in trips to Germany and how these trips could become more service-friendly. I would like if I can help somebody who has ancestors coming from the South-Münsterland (Area around Luedinghausen) as I have done quite a lot of research there. I am also researching family members who immigrated to the US: Wilde (of Luedinghausen in Westphalia); Reicks (of Darup in Westphalia), Buthmann (of Olfen in Westphalia); Hattrup (of Nordkirchen in Westphalia), Tillmann (of Bork in Westphalia) Sorry again if caused any confusion and for my poor English. St. Wiemann

What about the question of the potential for replies by the same person from multiple lists, since you posted this request to 2 lists that I know of - won't that skew your data? I find this methodology confusing. What does your adviser say about this? --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Stefan Wiemann <[email protected]> wrote: ...I want to affirm that I am writing an acadamic research... St. Wiemann