many thanks to 'the list' for all of the valuable information shared the last couple of days! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Dittman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] What to do after having found yourancestor'semigrationrecord on HADIS Cindy I received copies of my great grandmother and her mother's emigration papers from the Nordrhein-Westfälisches Haupstaatsarchiv, Duesseldorf in 2000 for approximately 15 Euros. The information provided included a summary, in English, of the emigration data, along with copies of the originals in German; they emigrated in 1857 to Pittsburgh, PA. The E-mail address on the letter is: [email protected] Whether she still is the contact is open to question. The mail address is; Mauerstrasse 55 40476 Duesseldorf Germany Phone No. (02 11) 94 49-02 Fax: (02 11) 94 49-70 02 For birth, and death information on them I was referred to: Nordrhein-Westfällisches Personenstandsarchiv Rheinland, Schloss 50321 Bruehl Germany If, you use Google in your searches almost all of the sites they find, if in German, can be translated then and there by clicking on the "Translate". Jerry Dittman Boonsboro, MD