A princely farmer is a "free farmer"....meaning that they were no serfs. These free farmers were free of taxes and sometimes military duty, because they usually were instrumental in watching borders between estates or States. There are different laws in all areas, meaning it was different in Bohemia versus Bavaria, or Baden and Hessen and changed with the potentates. I.e. if these border dwellers were for instance under Austria Hungarian Regime, the Imperium, or France. Aida On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > More likely it is identifying: a prince's estate "princely estate", the > name of a military regiment, or an actual prince. The first one indicating > a serfdom situation, and the most likely candidate for an answer to your > question. > > Brian > > On Fri, July 1, 2011 7:47 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Would "Fürstl. Meiers" mean "Princely Farmer" , from a 1783 record? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message