This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/3953.2 Message Board Post: There is no place Loeste close to Bremerhaven. But I am sure it is the village Loxstedt located about 3 miles only southeast to Bremerhaven. Please advise surname you are searching for and I shall look into the telephone directory of Loxstedt in order to see whether that surname ist still existing there. Albin von Spreckelsen