Thank you, Maureen. Miffiffippi.... what an interesting picture that makes. ;) I went to familysearch.org and tried locating films for Difsen, but couldn't find anything. So then I tried Dissen and came up with this list: Geburten, Heiraten, Tote (Dissen) 1808-1812 FHL INTL Film 1272958 Item 4 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf. 1814-1839 (Kleekamp, Westbarthausen, Ostbarthausen) FHL INTL Film 1051772 (not sure how Kleekamp relates to Dissen, but that film showed up on the search for Dissen) Geburten, Heiraten, Tote (Dissen) 1813 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf.(Dissen) 1822-1836 FHL INTL Film 1272959 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf.(Dissen) 1837-1851 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote (Dissen) 1852-1856 FHL INTL Film 1272960 Thank you for the look up in Meyers-Orts. Hopefully I am on the right track here. Kathy www.Kiva.org - loans that change lives. Change the world one loan at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Difsen(?) or Dissen near Hannover I did not go into Ancestry, only to Meyers-Orts 1912 Gazetteer. (the book). There is no listing for Difsen; there are 3 for Dissen, one of them a Dorf in Hannover; 2,000 people in 1910, with a Standesamt and Ev. Parish. There are many times the old script will show a double s as appearing to be an f s to modern American eyes. And it will show up that way oftentimes in old U.S. records, too, or look like a doube f; think Miffiffippi. Maureen In a message dated 9/5/2009 10:45:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi listers - Can someone help me read the writing on ancestry.com for this town of Difsen(?) or Dissen near Hannover. Some of my Menke family came from Bünde, just west of Hannover, so I'm hoping Difsen is in really close proximity. New Orleans Passenger Lists > 1842 > June > Friedrich Jacob Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Place of Paternity, Country from whence they come, occupation, where they intend to go 164 Menke, Ernst Fried., 25, Difsen(?), do, Smith, New Orleans 184 Menke, Aug. Hin, 28, Difsen(?), Hannover, Smith, New Orleans I'd eventually like to find FHL film numbers for which ever town this turns out to be.