Hi Listers, I have Germans on both sides of my family and they are difficult to find. All I have for census info is "Germany" or on my civil war grandfather I have his enlistment papers listing "Sachen". But, to the point, most good encyclopedias should have maps of Germany through the years. The one I used years ago had good little maps showing exactly what area made up Germany before the wars and after. It was very helpful. Sometimes we look so hard for genealogy info we forget the good old library. Maxine