If you are using the familysearch.org website when researching your ancestors, you need to be aware of how the places of births, marriages and deaths are determined in order to list them in the International Genealogical Index. Because Germany was not a united country until 1871, deciding what the location of a village would have been in the numerous duchies, kingdoms, provinces, etc. that were constantly changing borders is nearly impossible. In order to list these events in the IGI, all place names are determined by how they were listed in the Meyer's Orts-und-Verkehrs Lexikon of 1912. If an ancestor is listed as being born or married in Hessen-Nassau in the 1700's, even though Hessen-Nassau didn't come into being until 1867, this is the reason. Locations in the catalog of the Family History Library are also listed according to Meyer's. Sue Foster Co-Director FHC Puyallup Washington South Stake