Hi Ed I wish you and all members of this list a happy new year! It is funny for which small villages you are looking for. Rebsborf belongs now to the town of Steinau an der Straße. You find it on the map in the middle of the triangle Birstein - Steinau - Freiensteinau. It belonged to Hessen Kassel Rebsdorf had 10 houses with 72 inhabitants in 1895 Nösberts belongs now to the town of Grebenhain. It is some km north of Freiensteinau and it belonged to Hessen-Darmstadt, province Oberhessen. Regards Karl -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ed Maul [mailto:edmaul@optonline.net] Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Januar 2005 17:21 An: HESSE-L@rootsweb.com Betreff: [HESSE] Rebsdorf-Where is it???? Also Nösberts-where is it? I am entering data for completion of a book on the Schilling's from Niederdünzebach, Eschwege, Fulda, Hünfeld, Heyerode. Searched the web for these 2 places without luck. Probably they are in either Hessen-Cassel, Hessen-Nassau or Hessen-Darmstadt Edmund Hessian Grenadier at: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Schilling.html ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== Many towns in Germany have the same name! Add the 5-digit zip code in front of the name! Zip codes explained, http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm