This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinkebein, Wheeler Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3975.1 Message Board Post: Hello Mike, your source: STAOs Rep 350 Nr. 668 is a registered file in the Staatsarchiv Osnabrueck in the northern part of Germany - not far away from Nordhorn, the place you mentioned in your message. I believe that this file includes the application for a passport (to leave the country) and emigrate to America. You should ask this archive: e-mail: Osnabrueck@nla.niedersachsen.de If you need further help please send an e-mail: Adolf Braasch@t-online.de . I``ll try to help you searching your ancestors. Best wishes from Old Germany Adolf Braasch