Brigitte, Thanks so much for all your ideas. I will be following up as soon as I can and will let the group know how I have done. Linda Hi Linda, Here is a source for the emigration of Cark Lohe from Lohe (today part of Stöckse) in the Uchte area, left in 1835 The isgnature is: Hauptstattsarchiv Hannover Sonderfindbücher Auswanderer Nr. 63 Hann 74 Uchte This is  from a website where you could get a copy of the record from the Niedersächsiches Landesarchiv, unfortunately it's almost impossible to use that website. It's rather uncofortable. You can may make a try: http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ Unfortunately there are ab. 4.800 hits for Hille and a detailed search for a person is not possible Brune has got the same number of hits, Scheidemann seems to be a name from the Uchte area too. Good luck again! Brigitte