------forward message-------- >Hello KÖHLER Researchers-- > >Below is an excellent post from Don (who is the list owner of the Hessen >List, Germany GenWeb) that could benefit all of us. If you have questions, >his email is <dwat@mmcable.com>. > >Leslie: Rootsweb List Owner for ~ >McMURRY, TROTTER, MOADAIR, KOEHLER and MO-ABSTRACTS >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----------- > >Here is a tip everyone can use. Go to: > > http://users.rootsweb.com/~deuhes/Hessen/index.htm > > Click on Table of Links. >Select or scroll down to Table #2. >In the left column, click on Telephones/E-Mail. > >Scroll down and click on Teleauskunft, the official >German telephone directory. Choose English. > >Click on The Local Directory. >Click on the number which represents the area (zip code) >region you are interested in. The towns in bold print >can be accessed further. The ones in faint print are >still under construction. Don't know which area you >are interested in? Check out the links to all 16 German >states, and look under German Zip Codes for comparisons >of zip codes with German regions, right on our home page. > >After you explore the information for each town >you are interested in, make a note of them. > >Now go back to Table #2 in the Table of Links. >Click on Town Locators. >Choose Site #2 for the best maps. > >Type in the name of the town(s) you are interested >in, like this: Mannheim, Germany. If you know the county, >you can type it in, instead of Germany. That will reduce >the number of responses you get, since so many towns >in Germany have the same name. Note the region your >town is in. Enlarge, and zoom in on the map. > > Normally, you can find any town's web site in Germany >like this: http://www.townname.de/. Sometimes you >have to use http://www.stadt-townname.de/. Just insert >the actual town's name where I have townname. > > Using Site #1 in Town Locators you can also type in the >coordinates of a town and then get a list of all towns >within a 30 mile radius. First, type in the town name and >choose Germany. When possible, choose exact spelling. >If you aren't sure, choose the Daitch-Mokotov soundex >option. > > Take a look at the list of towns by that name. Become > accustomed to quick identification of distances and >directions from Berlin and coordinates applicable to >your area of research. Note the coordinates of the town >in the area you are interested in. > > Go back to the page where you typed in the town name. >Scroll to the bottom. Insert the coordinates and choose >a 30 mile radius. Note all of the towns in the vicnity. >Choose a town for further research, and zoom in on it >on the map at Site #1. All sorts of towns come into view. >Is one of them that long, lost town or village you have >been looking for? Is it close to where you HAVE been >looking and struck out? Is THAT how it is spelled? > > Going back to Town Locators, scroll down to > Step-by-Step instructions. Look for details about > your towns there. For example, what fiche and films >are available in the USA? You can get a fiche or >film faster than you can get a response from your >letter to Germany, and since you do the research, >you'll feel more confident about the results. > > NOW .. I have done this for years so I do it very > rapidly. I have high-speed equipment, so it only takes >seconds for me to find what I am looking for. In time, >you'll do this faster than you can leaf through a > Rand-McNally World Atlas. Think positive, and >remember the cry of every serious genealogist: > > Never give up! > > :) >Don >Hessen List, Germany GenWeb >*As much as I dislike paper, you'll want to print > this out and hang it next to your monitor. I'll > send some other tips as time permits.* > > >==== KALER Mailing List ==== >Support Rootsweb who makes this Mailing List Possible. >http://www.rootweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > Mary Ann Kaylor makaylor@npwt.net