Hello listers, Mary Urban has written: I have just started doing some family research in Germany. I have narrowed my search down to the city of Schwerin/M Gr, Moor 23 (taken from a 1924 ship manifest) and the family name is Steinmann. When I began this search I was told to look at Schleswig-Holstein. I am totally confused as to the relationship of these two area. Are they one in the same? Are there any maps available which would show this house/street address? Where and how do I go about researching in this area for vital records? Thank you, Mary Hello Mary, here is how to get "unconfused" :-) Send a mail to this address with the just the word: subscribe in the main body of text. mecklenburg-l@genealogy.net Schwerin is one of the lager cities in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This is a modern day name for this state. In the time frame that you are searching it was a Grand Duchy and was called Mecklenburg-Schwerin. If you visit the following named site, you will get perhaps even more help. It is in both the German and English languages. http://ftp.math.uni-rostock.de/~mfp/ Cordially, Ralph Reimers, member, Verein für mecklenburgische Familien-und- Personengeschichte e.V. http://www.MFPeV.de http://www.MecklenburgKontakte.de