Jan, I forgot to tell you about another great site for Germany, it's Don Watson's Hessen website, tons of information, you can spend days going through his site. The site is not just for the Hessen area. http://members.cox.net/hessen/index2.htm scroll down to the bottom and click on Go To Table of Links http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm German Telephone Directory, available in English (for Stella, type in Oberleuken in the place, and Peter in the surname field, there are quite a few people listed) Also for Stella, http://www.familysearch.org you can order microfilm from your local family history center library. Go to this page on their website http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp click on PLACE and type in Oberlueken, you'll find parrish and civil records which you can order to view. Good luck! Karen