Hello Sue, This is a very unusual name if you look at the maps of surname distribution in Germany. http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx I suggest that you look at the phone book you will see that there are only 10 private & 5 business subscribers listed in Germany, although it is possible that other members of this family are not listed for privacy reasons. http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ get their addresses and write a brief letter to these people, likely one may be a descendant of your ancestor and may be able to help you. Hope this helps Elizabeth On Mar 1, 2011, at 8:54 AM, "Sue Hubbard" <suehubb@forumrsa.com> wrote: > I have been searching for my grandfather's birth place in Germany and have > never been able to find any information about him. It was recently > suggested by a member of the family that they thought the family lived in > Frankfurt. His date of birth was 6 December 1855. > > Believe he immigrated 1876 but have never found his name on a Passenger > List. > > Any suggestions? > > Sue Fingado-Hubbard