This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3953.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Your Bremerhafen is probably Bremerhaven, the seaport. Using mapblast.com, I did not find a town spelled Loeste. Mapblast found 10 or so close spellings, or possibilities. The closest spelling, for a town close to Bremerhaven is Leeste, Lower Saxony (Niedersachen). Hope this helps.