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/3774.1.1 Message Board Post: I am replying to your message because of the location. I am going to give you 5 generations of Scmoldts htat lived in or near Hamburg also at Osten. I believe that is in Lower Saxony near the Elbe River. My google search did not clarify where Osten is located. It is close to the North Sea and not far from Denmark. My relatives from there studied in Hamburg. Herman Schmoldt born 1707 and died 1769. He married Anna Margaretha Kroencke in 1744. She was the daughter of Hermann Kroencke and Katerina Margaretha von Ronn.(sorry I can't make umlats on this type writer.)....Herman Schmoldt born 1651 died 1709. He married Rebeka Filters in 1671(I"m not sure I translated Filters correctly)......Johann Schmoldt born in 1614 and died in 1684,. He was married to Dorthea von Warner. She was born in 1629 and died in 1689. I do not have a wedding date for them...Johann's father was Hermann and his mother was Schwenke von Ahn...(No dates)....Hermann's father was Stephann Schmoldt and his mo! ther Alta Hardekopft.....This is from a handwritten family tree written in 1894 in the old script. I live in a large city but have had a hard time finding translators. Once this is translated It will reveal more information...May this be a starting point>?.....Jim Heady