I found this "history lesson" on U-tube and if you play it a few times you will become aware of the chronology, thereby, the homeland of your ancestors will become much clearer, First, there is the wider map of the large Austrian Hungarian Monarchy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0KNfS_M44&feature=fvw and the next link depicts the changes in Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsmzHxMktA&NR=1 Click on the links, pressing down Ctrl button and click with your mouse. Music by Franz Schubert Submitted by Aida