Recently I learned that my gr-gr-grandmother came from Oppershausen, Hanover. This information was written in an Lutheran church book for her 1867 Chicago, Illinois marriage. Oppershausen looks to be a village in present-day Thueringen. Is that correct? If so, there appears to be a Rootsweb list called Deu-Thueringen. Does anyone know if there is another list as well that covers this area? Her husband, who was number two and not my direct ancestor, came from a place that looks like "Puritz, Pompen" I probably do not have those words right as the script was not too clear in his case. Any ideas where and what these places were? Thanks, Bart in Virginia