Thanks, Susan. I learn something every day. I guess I should have known that , but I don't remember everything I read and seeing maps from different years helps confuse me. Prussia used to look really big, now I wonder if what is see is really "Prussia.," or what the large area of old Prussia is now called. My ancestor who came from Prussia 1851 was listed as German some of the time. Is that a misnomer? Is/was Hesse-Nassau part of Prussia? That's where I have been looking for him because that's the only Fritsch that fit the time in the passenger lists. Betty FL Betty, Germany wasn't united as a country until 1871. Up until then, it was divided into duchies of various sizes (Saxony, Hesse-Darmstadt, Bavaria) plus the kingdom of Prussia (perhaps others were considered kingdoms, but I don't think so). Otto von Bismarck, advisor to the Prussian king, engineered the unification of Germany in 1871, but I think it was a while before people considered themselves Germans. Susan

A Prussian could be a German, but not all Germans were Prussians. I don't think Hesse-Nassau was part of Prussia, but that's just a guess. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bbfritch@aol.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Prussia > > Thanks, Susan. I learn something every day. I guess I should have known > that , but I don't remember everything I read and seeing maps from > different > years helps confuse me. Prussia used to look really big, now I wonder if > what > is see is really "Prussia.," or what the large area of old Prussia is > now > called. > > My ancestor who came from Prussia 1851 was listed as German some of the > time. Is that a misnomer? Is/was Hesse-Nassau part of Prussia? That's > where I > have been looking for him because that's the only Fritsch that fit the > time > in the passenger lists. > > Betty > FL > > Betty, > > Germany wasn't united as a country until 1871. Up until then, it was > divided into duchies of various sizes (Saxony, Hesse-Darmstadt, Bavaria) > plus the kingdom of Prussia (perhaps others were considered kingdoms, but > I > don't think so). Otto von Bismarck, advisor to the Prussian king, > engineered the unification of Germany in 1871, but I think it was a while > before people considered themselves Germans. > > Susan > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >