David Go to this website. It will tell you all about the various areas of Germany at different times PLUS an enormous amount of other information!! http://users.rootsweb.com/~deuhes/Hessen/index.htm GERMAN-KINGDOMS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > GERMAN-KINGDOMS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 208 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [GERMANKING] copying documents ["Thilo C. Agthe" <tagthe@earthlink] > #2 [GERMANKING] Prussia [DAVIDREINH@aol.com] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [GERMANKING] Prussia > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 23:26:53 EDT > From: DAVIDREINH@aol.com > To: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com > > I just found the 1870 census entry for my ggrandparents who were 49 and 34 at > the time. The census says they were both born in Prussia. Does that take in > everything in Germany at the time? > I had been looking at Waltershausen in Thueringen since I had found a Johann > David Reinhardt there who was about the right age. Based on the census, I > think my ggrandfather is about 15 years too old to be the Johann David from > Waltershausen. I dont suppose being from Prussia will allow me to narrow > down the area of my search. Any suggestions?