Greetings, I have been trying to trace back the German hometown of William S. H. Fricke (1833-1913) who came to NYC (Brooklyn) somewhere around 1860 with a couple brothers (who went further west to Wisconsin). I found a very promising record of three Frickes (Christoff A., Joahann, and Wm.) coming over in October 1860 on the Helvetica from Bremen. It lists Lippe Detmold as their hometown. I also have a Bergen County NJ 1920 census record for William's son (William Jr.) that lists what looks like Brandenburg as his father's origin. Is there a town near Detmold that looks like "Brandenburg"...the census records are very fuzzy, so it could be something else. Brandenburg is not close to Lippe Detmold to the best of my knowledge. Can anyone help? Thanks, Marcia Fricke