Ruth and Diana, after the revolution 1848 the two adjacent princedoms Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen, at the south border of Wuerttemberg, were integrated into the Prussian Kingdom in 1850. Contrary to Prussia which basically is of protestant denomination, the two princedoms were Catholic. BTW Crane is not a German family name. So the first step should be to find out what the original German family name of Adolphus Crane was like. Regards Dieter -- Dieter Joos Ueberlingen / Bodensee, Germany Webmaster of RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List Am 21.12.2013 17:40, schrieb Ruth Kittner: > Diane, did you look in the Wuerttemberg immigration index? And did you > look in the Baltimore naturalization records? Also, if the sources > conflict on Prussia or Wuerttemberg, you might see if there is a territory > that switched between the two states. I don't know of one offhand, but our > German friends might. Ruth > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:58 AM, <dlculhane@cs.com> wrote: > >> I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my >> brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter Crane, >> who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in >> 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in Baltimore. >> There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, possibly a >> relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father was >> Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? >> >> Diane in Illinois >> >

Thanks, Dieter, but figuring out his original name is part of my problem, alas! Are baptismal records for those princedoms on line? Diane -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Joos <djoos@dieter-joos.de> To: baden-wurttemberg <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [BW] Adolphus Crane Ruth and Diana, after the revolution 1848 the two adjacent princedoms Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen, at the south border of Wuerttemberg, were integrated into the Prussian Kingdom in 1850. Contrary to Prussia which basically is of protestant denomination, the two princedoms were Catholic. BTW Crane is not a German family name. So the first step should be to find out what the original German family name of Adolphus Crane was like. Regards Dieter -- Dieter Joos Ueberlingen / Bodensee, Germany Webmaster of RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List Am 21.12.2013 17:40, schrieb Ruth Kittner: > Diane, did you look in the Wuerttemberg immigration index? And did you > look in the Baltimore naturalization records? Also, if the sources > conflict on Prussia or Wuerttemberg, you might see if there is a territory > that switched between the two states. I don't know of one offhand, but our > German friends might. Ruth > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:58 AM, <dlculhane@cs.com> wrote: > >> I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my >> brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter Crane, >> who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in >> 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in Baltimore. >> There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, possibly a >> relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father was >> Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? >> >> Diane in Illinois >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

well, Crane....sounds like Kran or Kranich? Krin, Krahen, Kranen, Kroehn, or......Dieter....can you help out here? On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 2:26 PM, <dlculhane@cs.com> wrote: > Thanks, Dieter, but figuring out his original name is part of my problem, > alas! Are baptismal records for those princedoms on line? > > Diane > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dieter Joos <djoos@dieter-joos.de> > To: baden-wurttemberg <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 1:13 pm > Subject: Re: [BW] Adolphus Crane > > > Ruth and Diana, > > after the revolution 1848 the two adjacent princedoms > Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen, at the south border > of Wuerttemberg, were integrated into the Prussian Kingdom in 1850. > Contrary to Prussia which basically is of protestant denomination, the > two princedoms were Catholic. > > BTW Crane is not a German family name. So the first step should be to > find out what the original German family name of Adolphus Crane was like. > > Regards > Dieter > > -- > Dieter Joos > Ueberlingen / Bodensee, Germany > Webmaster of RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List > > > Am 21.12.2013 17:40, schrieb Ruth Kittner: > > Diane, did you look in the Wuerttemberg immigration index? And did you > > look in the Baltimore naturalization records? Also, if the sources > > conflict on Prussia or Wuerttemberg, you might see if there is a > territory > > that switched between the two states. I don't know of one offhand, but > our > > German friends might. Ruth > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:58 AM, <dlculhane@cs.com> wrote: > > > >> I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my > >> brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter > Crane, > >> who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in > >> 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in > Baltimore. > >> There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, > possibly a > >> relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father > was > >> Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? > >> > >> Diane in Illinois > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >