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