Hello, Duane: Just out of curiosity, I searched at http://www.dastelefonbuch.de for Roth, and of course, it brought up too many hits, and then I put in Reiskirchen and got 23 hits. Have your researchers already discarded these possibilities? For sure, Roth is a fairly common name, but there are Roths in Reiskirchen. I don't know if any of these postal codes correspond to Hessen. If not, could he have been from Reiskirchen, but not Hessen?? Good luck! --- Duane/Rita Lamers <kglamers@yahoo.com> wrote: > Greetings from Michigan, USA! > > My ancestor is Eduard Roth. He was 15 years > old when he emigrated 17 October 1863 on the ship > Germania which left from Hamburg for New York. He > was not with parents. On the passenger list composed > at Hamburg Roth said he was from Reiskirchen in > Kurhessen. > Researchers are not able to find a Roth > family in any of the two towns named Reiskirchen > which are located in the state of Hessen today. It > is possible that Roth did not tell the truth about > the name of the village he came from. > This is my question: Do the archives at > Hamburg for emigration give information about the > people who are leaving? If the archives can be > useful to me, I wish to learn the postal address and > the email address so that I can write for > information. > Thank you for your help. I regret that I > cannot write to you in the German language. > > Sincerely, > > Mr. Duane Lamers kglamers@yahoo.com > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! � Try it today! > > > ==== 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 > >