To know where your ancestors came from, you need a good map. To roughly help you find the Egerland you have to have an old German map of the area in the German language, because all villages are listed there with their original names. The Egerland ended South of Mies at Hostau, Muttersdorf, Ronsperg and Bischofteiniz. These are the larger Southernmost villages. It then goes North along the Bavarian Border to Asch, Eger, and East to Graslitz, Neudeck, Gottesgab, Weipert, Kaaden, Saaz, Postelberg. In the East is the border between Czech and German language speaking areas, and goes from Saaz and Podersam South to Kriegern, Jechnitz, Scheles, Rabenstein, Luditz, Manetin, Netschetin, Wscherau, to Tuschkau near Pilsen. There are many other villages in between all of these, so I am just naming the most prominent which you might find on an old map. While the Southern part was always a Bohemian holding, the Egerland belonged to the Bavarian Wittelsbacher. The South-West and South of Bohemia is the older area and was held for centuries by Austrian and later Czech nobles. This will make you understand that the Egerland is a separate area of the Sudetenland. The Egerland alone had 803,000 population. Major Egerlander Cities are: Asch, Eger, Graslitz, Neudek, Kaaden, Saaz, Podersam, Karlsbad, Elbogen, Falkenau. Marienbad, Tepl, Luditz, Plan, Tachau, Mies and Bischofteinitz. Any one of these names should appear on your documents, because they were like a "county seat". I hope that this will help in establishing the correct "title" for your ancestor. Aida