Yvonne, you wrote: >I am researching Martha Otremba born 11-Sep-1870 in Grotizin, Germany. >Can anyone tell me where this place is. Her mother was Anna Hesch and >her father was Johann Otremba from Grotizin, Prussia. On the other hand, if you are willing to consider Poland, there are a number of places that turn up with name that phonetically could sound like Grotizin. Try: www.jewishgen.org and do the town search. If one of those seems reasonable, you might try the Prussian rootsweb list. Rob hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS