Hi Kathleen, You might want to try these 2 URLs: http://members.cox.net/hessen/index.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/index2.htm There is a wealth of information to be found. Good luck with your search. Kind regards, Heidi Boos-Utley E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heidisfamily ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Deao" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Mainz, Rheinhessen, Hessen > Hi, Nancy > > Thanks for your note. I agree the Old German is tricky, but actually, I > DID > recognize the name on the film. It looked right to me. What I hope to do > next is find this person after his christening. Parents? siblings? > emigration? I first found the Deao name in 1850 in Illinois, but Eli Deao > was born in 1824 in NY. His father was from Germany, and his mother from > NY, > but I can't find his immigration, their marriage, and don't know the New > York county. So I thought I'd try to research in Germany, but hardly know > where to begin. Is there a Hesse sight that might give me some direction? > > JOANNES DEAO - Christened - 17 FEB 1809 Dom Katholisch, Mainz, > Rheinhessen, Hessen > > Thanks again for your interest. > > Kathleen Gordon Deao > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1153 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message