I have already given the Immigrant Gen. Society and Pommerscher Verein Freistadt, but here are a couple more for now--to keep you busy. No Pommern likes to see anyone rest or relax, according to my ancestry. Heinz Radde: maps, history, culture http://members.tripod.com/~radde/ Gunthard Stube: villages kreis, maps http://hinterpommern.de/ Germany GenWeb Page http:// www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/index.htm (Just follow the black yellow and red lines and find your roots) Source of links to Pomeranian research: http://feefhs.org Pommern-L Surname List includes village and emigration data: http://hinterpommern.de/Genealogie/Foren/Pommern-L/surnames.htm Keep in mind that Hinter Pommern is now part of Poland and Vo Pommern, west of the Oder River became East Germany, now once again, part of the German Empire. When war was coming, many of the church records were taken to the Archives in Greifswald. Today, many of them have been photographed by the Mormon Church and available at a Family History Center of that church in your own area. When I first saw the marriage record of my great grandparents in Sabes, Kries Pyritz and then my grandfather's christening record in 1865 records, at their library, I cried! Also remember Ray Karels, at [email protected] He grew up near Rosen and Bellingham in Lac qui Parle County in Minnesota. During church, he would look around and wonder how these people got so bonded. Well, many were from the same area--Kreis Schlochau and other counties nearby, They had been bonded in family for centuries. My best friend, a Kanthak and I used to call ourselves cousins in Grade School. In doing research of Kreis Schlochau, we found Kanthak/Mix marriages. Who knows? My sister in law's mother was born less than ten American miles away from my great grandfather. There was an age gap, but they all ended up in Minnesota. I ain't done yet, unless you want me to stop. Ardell