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. My ancestors' records state they were from Prussia, Bavaria, Klingen, or 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! You need to know the town though to find these. There is a Klingen in what is still considered Bavaria, and we always thought that was our ancestors' home, but with a lot of digging, and reading discovered our family was really from the Klingen close to the border with France in SW Germany. -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda H. Gutierrez Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 2:30 AM To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-L] Bischwiller Brian wrote: >Bavaria is just so far out there, it is highly improbable an Alsatian would claim to be Bavarian. >Alsace and Lorraine were a part of Prussia for a period of time. Brian, The Rheinland Pfalz, also known as the Palatinate, was for a long time part of Bavaria, so there was in fact a part of Bavaria that was near to Alsace. Alsace and Lorraine were a part of the German Empire 1871-1914, but were known as Elsass & Lothringen. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, NY Records and Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys/ Monroe County, NY History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys/ -- 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 ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message