>Regina, > I believe that the SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH that you mention is really >SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH which was the old name of present day >THURINGEN. I do not believe that it refers to a town between WEIMAR >and EISENACH. I have ancestors from this area and in all of the >records that I have searched, it is always in reference to the entire >region. > >Frank Kuhn Actually, Frank, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach was only one of eight Ernestine Sachsen duchies established in 1680 in Thüringen, not all of the region of Thüringen. It is a complex issue related to the death of a duke in 1675 and the division of the territory among his eight sons in 1680. I'll elaborate further if need be. All the best, Doug Nicol, Santa Rosa CA