Hi Joel: Thanks for the reply!!! Yes, I have been aware of this town, 26817 Rhauderfehn, but it is spelled Schatteburg...missing an "n". It is quite a ways from Wolfenbuettel, but is certainly a possibility. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel S. Russell" <jsruss@mindspring.com> To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [NIEDERSACHSEN] American Revolution soldier > Michael, > > There is a Schattenburg that appears to now be part of Rhauderfehn which > is about 46 km west of Oldenburg. Schattenburg is about 5 km > north-northwest of Rhauderfehn. Try using http://www.de.map24.com/ and > put Schattenburg down as the City under Search Address. > > Joel > http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/ > > > > > At 08:42 PM 11/20/2005, Michael Kasler wrote: >>Hello: >> >>My g-g-g-g-grandfather, Johann Michael KASLER / KASTLER / KESLER was a >>german soldier sent to America in 1776 to fight for the British. He was a >>musketeer in the Braunschweig Light Infantry Batallion von Barner. I have >>quite a bit of documentation about him in America, but I cannot find his >>place of birth. His name and hometown appear on several lists, and these >>are the spellings of his hometown: >> >>Schatenburg >>Schattenburg >>Schuttenburg >> >>I cannot find any towns with that name in the northern half of >>Germany...does anybody have any ideas that could help? Thank You >> >>Michael Kasler >> >> >>==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== >>Helpful websites! >>http://go.to/hessen >>http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm >> >>============================== >>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE -- To answer messages from the MESSAGE BOARD you > must click on the link in the message. This will take > you to the MESSAGE BOARD and you can click POST REPLY > to answer. Your reply will be sent back to the list for > all to benefit. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >