Hi Dave, Thanks for responding, and so quickly! I checked Shtetlseeker, and then the list of Germany's cities, towns and municipalities. Ingendorf is shown in Rheinland- Pfalz and none of the other possibilities are in Hesse Darmstadt. Every record I've found including census, etc. shows Hesse Darmstadt. When I checked "Gross. Hessen"some time ago I was told it would be the Duchy of Hessen. My greatgrandfather's birth place showed the same thing and he was from Bensheim, Hesse Darmstadt. Can you think of any other place to look? I'm still enough of a novice at this that I welcome any help I can get! Thanks again. Helen
OK, that sounds logical, because part of today's state of Rhineland-Pfalz was once part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt. After 1866 when Hesse-Kassell or Kurhessen was incorporated into Prussia, Hesse-Darmstadt was usually referred to simply as the Duchy or Grand Duchy of Hesse (Grossherzogtum Hessen in German) I have an article titled "Grand-Duchy of Hesse after Napoleon" which describes the geographical layout of the Duchy and includes a small map. It is in word for windows format and I usually send it as a zip file. If your ISP will allow you to receive attachments and you can open zip files, let me know and I will send it to you direct. David Rorer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanders LLoyd " <hss@cablespeed.com> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [Hesse] Town of Angendorf(?) > Hi Dave, > > Thanks for responding, and so quickly! > > I checked Shtetlseeker, and then the list of Germany's > cities, towns and municipalities. Ingendorf is shown in > Rheinland- Pfalz and none of the other possibilities are > in Hesse Darmstadt. Every record I've found including > census, etc. shows Hesse Darmstadt. When I checked "Gross. > Hessen"some time ago I was told it would be the Duchy of > Hessen. My greatgrandfather's birth place showed the same > thing and he was from Bensheim, Hesse Darmstadt. > > Can you think of any other place to look? I'm still enough > of a novice at this that I welcome any help I can get! > > Thanks again. > > Helen > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Postal Codes, How to Pay for Research, German Language > Letters, Archive Addresses, German Telephone directory, > http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm >