Hallo Listers, Were is Sage, one of my family names is Ahlers they came from north of Bremen. My family contacts are very firmly found in:- Garlstedt, Vegesack, Lesum, Farge, Brundorf, Schwanewede, Bluemnthal. Platjenwerbe, Scharmbeck, Freißenbüttel and areas around these villages and towns. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: Joyceeileenkeil@aol.com [mailto:Joyceeileenkeil@aol.com] Sent: 19 April 2005 00:18 To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIEDERSACHSEN] MENKE, AHLERS I hope that I am doing this right. My Menke family came from the northern part of Oldenburg. I believe there are connections to Mansholt, Rastede and other locations in that area. Great-grandfather, Johann Menke, was married in Wiefelstede to Marie Ahlers. The Ahlers family had some connections to the area near Sage--am not sure of the time frame for that. She had two siblings, Heinrich Ahlers, and a half-sister, Anna. Anna was born in/near Sage according to her death certificate. Thank you. --Joyce Keil ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== Is there a website with all the answers? http://go.to/hessen ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx