Hello, The emigration record that I found for my dear husband's great-grandfather has been translated to American English at Ancestry.com (which actually works better for me, as I do not know the German Language). That translation shows these items: 1) Name: Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Koehler 2) Age: 26 3) Place of Origin: Melzow 4) Destination: Amerika (USA) 5) Year: 1863 6) Birth Date: 22 Sep 1837 7) Birth Location: Klinkow And, we know from other matching records, that this is indeed 'our' Christian. Since we have found the names of Christian's parents, (from his American marriage record) it would help me now to know what the difference would be between the "Place of Origin" and "Place of Birth". My husband's brother (now deceased) and his sister (who is now losing her memory) looked at original records, here in the USA, for 30 - 40 years trying to gain more knowledge of their prodigenator. The sister is now 88 years old, and I would love to be able to share with her more information about her great-grandfather before we lose her completely. Thank you, Leslie (Bridges) Kohler

Hello Leslie: Place of origin usually means the place of last residence prior to emigration. Sheila K.