> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:18:08 -0500 > From: "Eve Slater" <georgeandeve@embarqmail.com> > > My understanding is that most of southern Germany was at one time > considered > Bavaria. But part of Germany was also conquered by Napoleon and was > therefore part of Alsace-Lorraine at that time. No, Eve. Bavaria covers about the south-eastern quarter of today Germany, quite far from Alsace. Moreover, it is anachronic to speak about Alsace-Lorraine at Napoleon times. "Alsace-Lorraine" ("Alsace-Moselle" should better describe this association) existed only between 1871 and 1918 (German annexion). > they were from Prussia, Bavaria, Klingen, or Klingenburg Klingen is in Baden-Wurtemberg, as well as Klingenburg. Another Klingen exists in Bavaria indeed, now part of Aichach. See (in German): <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingen_(Beilstein)> & <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingenburg > > but I found most > of the records about them in the French/Napoleonic documents of the > early > 1800s, some of which were in German, some in French! Another source of complication: Napoleon annexed to the French Empire wide German and Italian regions for some time. See : <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Histoire_des_départements_français> --- in French - look at maps. Etienne