Hi Colin,Uwe is probably right.� H�fra can be spelled as Hoefra.� Many people in this country dropped the Umlaut so the name would "look" the same or Americans that were not used to using the Umlaut left it off.Bobbi--- On Mon 10/16, Uwe Weddige < Uwe.Weddige@web.de > wrote:From: Uwe Weddige [mailto: Uwe.Weddige@web.de]To: hannover-l@genealogy.netDate: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:11:12 +0200Subject: Re: [HN] Village/Town of HofraHi Colin,I know the Hanover area very best I think, but I do not know a village with the name HOFRA. May be the is an mistake? At the east side of CELLE there is the village HOEFER. In German HOEFER sounds like HOFRA a little bit. Take the Michelin-Adress to have a look at the map of Celle an HOEFER.Uwe