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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Phipps" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] What to do after having found your ancestor'semigrationrecord on HADIS > Thierry and Eric, > > Thank you for the help with the web site. I already know when and from > where this family group emmigrated. It would be fun to have a photocopy > of > the original though. Are there similar sites for the other regions of > Germany? I have other branches in my tree containing Zieglers, > Hornbostels, and Sacriders. > > If I accessed a German-speaking website, can I assume, as an ugly > American, > that the members speak English? thank you in advance, > > Cindy > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >