Ken, Alsaß-Lothringen was a separate entity and was not part of the Kingdom of Würtemberg nor the Grandduchy of Baden, which was just across the Rhein River. At 02:00 AM 11/28/2008, you wrote: >From: Kenneth Lampel <kenlampel@yahoo.com> >Subject: [A-L] Leonhard Lampel > >Ok I found out that the country of origin listed >on a manifest for Leonhard Lampel in 1879 was >Wurttemberg. Was this a seperate country around >that timeframe? I know it is a "state" of >Germany?now.?I check a few maps around 1871 and >it looks like Alsace Lorrane was part of >Wurttemberg?until WW1. I guess I have to find >the EXACT town he was born in order to find a >birth certificate. I have a marraige cert from >New York with him and his wife Emma Strobel but >it doesn't state what town he was from in >Germany. He does not exist in any census records >here in the US so does anyone have any clues on >where I can look in the US for his original town he was from? > >Ken ____________________________________________________________ Click to consolidate your debt in minutes, stop late or over-limit fees, pay less. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx9KZazKSUnGJujVgmSMO4zHTSptLt4cEpiDTYNaq4gqgocK5/