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/3990.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Robert, it actually should have occurred to me that your great-grandmother's death record would probably be on file where she actually died, not where she resided at the time. According to your information, she drowned near Steinau. The towns and villages in Lower Saxony are grouped together in associations known as "Samtgemeinden". Steinau is among the towns and villages that belong to the "Samtgemeinde Sietland". The Standesamt responsible for all of the towns and villages in the Samtgemeinde Sietland is located in the town of Ihlienworth. So I would suggest that you contact the Standesamt there, explaining to them that your great-grandmother drowned near there back in 1898 and you thus feel that her death record would be on file with them. Here is their e-mail address. The woman you will be in contact with there is a Frau Lengsfeld: standesamt@ihlienworth.de Let me know what you find out! Robert