Your post appears to be original but written as if you are replying to someone, so not sure if this will help or if I am butting into things :) Here is a link to Wikipedia that will give you some basic information on Rinteln which was the capital city for Graffschaft Schaumburg (county Schaumburg). The county historically was for a time a part of Hesse, but this past century I believe is when it became part of Hannover/Niedersachsen (1932 I think). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinteln My ancestors lived in Exten for a time and one of the daughters I believe married in Rinteln parish. I was there last year and visited the area and didn't take pics of Rinteln, but of Exten or would gladly share. Rinteln is a city along the Weser River which was key to my ancestors movements in Germany during the 1600-1856 time period. I have a picture of a poster showing the Weser river from beginning to end which I have as a jpg if you are interested (write me offline). I believe that the Immigrant Genealogical Society in Burbank, CA has some of the Rinteln parish records, but the LDS I do not believe have them, as I checked on that years ago. I was in Hannover this year doing more in depth hunting for ancestors and the church archives there has the fiche of the churches that belonged to that area, but my guess is that Rinteln records would be in another church archives. To check your family story out, best bet is to start with the town that bears the name and then go from there. You could of course plot out on a map all of the parishes in the vicinity of say 50 miles from center point of Rinteln and systematically check to see if any Rintelman family existed during this time period there and see if you can locate an exact match to your early US immigrant, but that will be a long process, and you would need to go to Germany for that for sure. Another family member I found along the way in my research that lives in the area (Völksen) took me to an old wooden tower in the hills in and around there that the Weser winds through, and although I am deathly afraid of heights, we climbed the stairs to the top, which is a good 60 feet above a very tall tree line, and I took several pics and created a panorama of the area. Not your exact town is on there, although you can see a ways, and perhaps Rinteln would be on the left of the photo, but it is simply a beautiful region and nice place to visit. I plan to go back at least once per year now that I have been, as well as to other areas where my ancestors footsteps walked centuries ago. Good luck in your research. Robert -----Original Message----- From: niedersachsen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:niedersachsen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marla Goodrich Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:00 AM To: NIEDERSACHSEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Rinteln I think that Rinteln is a part of Niedersachsen. I am sorry to be so ill informed about it. I have Christoph Rintelmann who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa on 12 Dec 1754, from Germany on Ship Neptune. Family tradition says he was from Rinteln, which is like his name. Family tradition also says his family had been there for 300 years. On an early map of Germany, around 1700, I saw in a circle the words "Ducy of Rinteln." don't know what that means, but in trying to find where this Christopher was born and married, etc. I am seeking ideas of what to do. I know there is a town called Rinteln and because of the map I saw maybe there was an area in Christoph's time. Thank you for any ideas. Marla Goodrich _____________________________ To contact the list admin send an email to: NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIEDERSACHSEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message