Dear Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends, While I am usually not a big fan (or ardent user) of Wikipedia (because its material is not necessarily accurate, complete or up-to-date, nor often written by authorities on the subject), here are some links to various Wikipedia-based articles featuring brief histories and other interesting details on Baden, Wuerttemberg, the German Empire, etc. Some of you may find these useful in gaining more understanding of the history and composition of the place rather confusingly designated in English as just "Germany." I imagine having a clearer understanding of this kind would be as essential to many of you as it was to me in making sense of my German family research. J (And we didn't have Wikipedia when I started way back then . . .) You can also use a handy search engine like Google to find more detailed, historically accurate and current information. Happy History! Carla HELLER, Los Angeles, California USA mscarlah@earthlink.net List Co-Administrator, RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany History of Baden (the German state, not the town) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden History of Wuerttemberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wurttemberg German Empire ("Second Reich") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_empire Emperor of Germany (List of German monarchs) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Germany Hohenzollern (the state and former Prussia province, not the royal house) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Hohenzollern Baden-Wuerttemberg (the post 1952 combined modern state) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg