According to Thode's German-English Dictionary Solms - (Historic) County and Principality He then gave several examples Solms-Baruth - (historic) County, capital Baruth ... Ron Repking In a message dated 4/2/09 9:17:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: That was my thoought, but I'm curious why the writer put a period after Solms and before soldat? What might be the purpose of the period? Thanks for the answer, Brian On Thu, April 2, 2009 4:28 pm, Carl Becker wrote: > I think this is a soldier belonging to the Duke or Count or Earl of Solms. > In the pre-Napoleon time there where where several independent tiny states > ruled by different branches of the noble family of Solms. > > For those who can read Geman, here is another link to Wikipedia. > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solms_(Adelsgeschlecht) I read the English version and then went to the German version to compare it last night. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)