I wrote a bit ago Is there any data base of German towns that can be searched for the ending. Someone is looking for a *dorf town in Hesse. The info she has looks like the dorf ending is good and Hesse-Darmstadt is also good. Geo@genealogy.net and shtettelseeker both require a full name. bob gillis Kathy Lenerz posted http://rolf-freytag.de/fhilfe/myphp/index.php on another list which does exactly what I asked for. bob gillis