What becomes really fun with the dead Germans database is searching by place of birth ONLY (Geburtsort). Granted, you can find other relatives from some of those obscure little German towns where your ancestors came from (mine were from Lamstedt, Hirschberg and Grosssachsen, one in Prussia, the others in Baden) and yes, I've got dead relatives from two, BUT the fun comes in trying to figure out the oddities. I grew up in New Jersey (hey, we all come from somewhere) and I live in Allentown PA today (yup, one from here, too. I wonder if he's in one of the local high school yearbooks at the public library???) I plugged in New Jersey, New York, Hoboken (18 dead German soldiers born in old Blue Eyes' hometown), Jersey City, Chicago, and even Pittsburgh - yes, Steeler fans there was a Hauptmann named Fritz Peter Weber-Meder who died in France "oy, yunz guys?!" Or how about a guy from Dallas (hook 'em horns) Gefreiter Hugo Burtscher who died on the Eastern Front. Yup, there's even a quartet from Los Angeles and an Unteroffizier from Quebec . . .