In a message dated 9/27/2006 3:40:47 P.M. Central Standard Time, jmiller5363@wowway.com writes: We are interested in the birthplace of our Great Grandfather, HERMAN > JACOBS, his parents and siblings. There are two hints that he was from > Koblenz Hi Joe, I also was told that my grandfather came from Koblenz, but it wasn't the city - it was the Kreis or County of Koblenz. Your grandfather could have come from any town within the county. I found my grandfather in Mayen, later in Mainz and Kreuznach. Ruth