(It helps to put a precise place in the subject line) According to Meyers-Orts (the 1912 gazetteer - THE place to look for genealogists, printed in German fraktur, but you can figure it out with practice) there are 13 places called Altona, most of them miniscule. You MAY be talking about the village outside Hamburg, now a suburb. In 1826 a city directory shows: (with occupation, street address, separate index) Hinrichs, Claus Hinr., Collecteur, Gewürz, Palmsitte (? blurry) N.S. no.51 Hinrichs, Hein Ww. Fenwaarenhandt, Sestermaunstr. no 218 Hinrichs. Pet. Arbeitsm. Neueburg no 61 K. and lots of Hinrichsen and Hinsch entries. In the City of Hamburg itself, 1826: Hinrichs, Carl Adolph, Porcellan u. Steinzeng, Paulsstr. no 152 P.5. Laden in der isten Braudtstw. no 17 Hinrichs, C. F. Kunsthandl. Bleichenbrücke, Wohnung daselbst. no 361 Hinrichs, Eduard Phil., Dr.Ph. Schmiedestr. no 86 Hinrichs, Gerhd. Christo. Böhmkenstr. no 210 Hinrichs, Joach. Schiffszimmerm. Langerereihe b. d. Vorsetzen no 122 M. 11 Hinrichs. Joh. Carl, Goldl-und Silber-Tressen-Fabrik, B. Cto.Schmiedestr. no 69 P. Hinrichs, Joh. Nic. Böhmkenstr. no 209 Hinrichs, Joh. Peter, Patent-Pianoforte-Fabrik, Caffamacherreihe no 174 and lots more Hinrichsen, Hinsch. Spelling with one n or two makes little difference in old records - listen to the sound. Maureen Schoenky in CA USA ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Searching for any information on the above families. Part of family came from Memel. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan GenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm Email Address: jackdibean@modempool.com WWII Memorial: www.wwiimemorial.com