Hello, Arden, Thank you for your kind reply, and your encouragement as well. Sometimes it just gets so discouraging - continuing to bang my head up against so many brick walls. One question that keeps bugging me is why these people that emigrated never talked very much about the towns or villages from whence they came. Also, another question - that someone out there will know. There is another German name that I want to find out where they were from. My mother was a GIFFELS, which apparently came from only a very small part of Germany. I believe that there is a way to find out what areas the name pops up in. Does anyone have that link handy? Thanks again for the encouragement.......... Kathy Cochran -----Original Message----- From: Arden [mailto:birdsanct@optonline.net] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:24 AM To: Kathy Cochran Subject: Re: [HESSE] Hessian Dialect Hi Kathy, It is my understanding that Hesse-Darmstadt covers a very large area. I connected with a woman from IN researching her father's family from Darmstadt also. She did not have much luck in her research due to many name changes in the family, but don't give up. To my knowledge there is a town of Darmstadt bordering the little town of Eberstadt. I lived on the outskirts but a quick trolley ride and I was in the center of town, most likely the capital. A beautiful, busy city with cobblestone streets. Stay on the Roots Web lists, there are a lot of knowledgeable people out there. Go to Google search and put in Darmstadt to take a look. Wikipedia has a lot of info. I understand the frustration of getting no where, I am stuck on my Schermuly side from Bavaria....all of his Civil War records say something different (Germany, Bayern, Baden, etc.) causing me grief. Good luck with your search and don't give up. Arden Hello Arden, I am green with envy at your stories of "Darmstadt." I have great-great and g-g-g grandparents (that I know of) from there, and probably many more further back that I DON'T know about. I am "stuck." Jacob Born was my g-g-grandfather, and his naturalization document said "Hesse-Darmstadt" as did the Census's of his mother (Sophia Born) and his brother Adam Born, who emigrated from Darmstadt about 1836. I have been NO WHERE able to find a town in Darmstadt listed. Is it possible that there IS a town named "Darmstadt, within the county of Darmstadt, that is where they could have been from ? I would be delighted to hear from you. Kindest regards, Kathy Cochran San Andreas, California Hello Don, Eberstadt....wow, I was a military wife in the very early 60's and when I arrived in Germany we lived in a tiny one room apartment in Eberstadt then later in Darmstadt to be nearer the base. What wonderful memories I have of those two towns and the two wonderful families that we rented from. How I would love to travel back and visit the towns of my ancestors, St. Arnual, Saarbrucken, Kell am See and my road block from Bavaria. Arden LI, NY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Looking for village originally written as Steidelbach. Have only found one obscure mention of one town in the Rhineland-Palatinate. This town is supposed to be in the Alsfeld District. Since the original gave the reference as Striess Alsfeld, I can't say how accurate the name Steidelbach is. Any suggestions for a replacement?