Janet, Researching in German records often times requires knowledge of the German alphabet. In your case, it's the use of the umlaut that's causing the problem . . . You say that LDS has no records for Uelzen, and that's true. The town name's first letter is "U" with an umlaut so you correctly translated that to "Ue" in your spelling of it and search in the LDS library catalog. However, you need to try the search in the catalog without the "Ue" and only the "U" - Ulzen. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what you will find for this place in Hannover. When searching for names with an umlaut you need to search both ways; With the "e" added after the vowel, and without the "e". I would have tried the search the exact same way you did. Good luck, LGO -----Original Message----- >From: DSore10588@aol.com >Sent: Mar 4, 2007 7:58 AM >To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com, hannover-l@genealogy.net, NIEDERSACHSEN@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Molzen, Uelzen and Dannenberg > >I have a question please. > >A while back I posted that I had discovered on a ship record that my family >came from Molzen. I have been waiting ever since for those films to arrive. >They finally arrived but so far I have only found the husband's birth >record. None of his wife's family, which is my direct line, are in these records. >Another ship record listed Uelzen, but I cannot find any films in the LDS >catalog for Uelzen. Someone emailed me and gave me the name and email address >of someone in Germany that had helped her with Uelzen records. I had >contacted him but he said he didn't have anything for Molzen. Now I would like to >ask him about Uelzen but I no longer have his information. I would really >appreciate having that information again. > >Also, does anyone have any suggestions for other towns to try? This couple >met and married in Germany so I know that the family has to be close to >Molzen somewhere. The marriage license of a sister says that they were from >Dannenberg. So somewhere around Dannenberg, Molzen and Uelzen. > >Thank you very much. > >Janet