This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blöte, Blohm, Niebuhr, Janzen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/858.2935 Message Board Post: The Blöte family is from this Oberndorf which lies just south of Cuxhaven on the Oste River. Interesting to find other researchers searching still in that area. You can find my posts under Beth Blote; blotebeth@earthlink.net or gowinifred@earthlink.net, Mom's site. I also have BLOHM, NIEBUHR, JANZEN which I don't have much about yet. There are alternative spellings for Blote, Bloete, Blaute, Bläute, Blaeute covering Lippe to Hannover. We have found many mispellings in U.S. (Blate, Bloedt, etc. ) http://meinestadt.msn.de/oberndorf-oste/home Thanks, Beth Blote