Looking for location of town

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Hello
I am looking for a town called Woffensen or Woffersen possibly in the
Kingdom of Hannover. I have a family member born in 1890. Some family records
say she was born in Germany and some say Hannover. I found the
application for her husband's passport on Ancestry and the place of her birth
written on the application appears to be Woffensen. or Woffersen. I would
appreciate any help in locating this town.
Thank you sincerely.
Don Knoepfel

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Hi Don,

I think, this is the village WAFFENSEN. It is a small village of about 900 inhabitants. Since 1974 it belongs to the city of Rothenburg (W�mme). Earlier the village was part of the kingdom of Hannover.

Regards
Frank (Grabenhorst)

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Hi Frank

Thank you so much. I am sure this is the correct village. I did find a record on Ancestry of a person with the same name (Margaret Eggers) coming into the U.S. in the 1912 - 1915 era and on the passenger manifest it said Rothenburg.

Thanks again,

Don Knoepfel

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Hi Frank

Thank you so much. I am sure this is the correct village. I did find a record on Ancestry of a person with the same name (Margaret Eggers) coming into the U.S. in the 1912 - 1915 era and on the passenger manifest it said Rothenburg.

Thanks again,

Don Knoepfel

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You can easily find even the tiniest German villages at

www.fallingrain.com ... choose maps and choose Germany and

choose your correct letters for the beginning of the town name.

This works for other countries, too.

When you get to your village, there's usually a shortcut to

Google links for that village, too, and a lot of interesting information like GPS location, climate, altitude, rainfall,

temperature, etc.

This is a site used by a lot of aviation enthusiasts but I use

it all the time for genealogy! Try for all your villages!

Maureen

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