http://1911encyclopedia.org/ will get you to the home page of the 1911 encyclopedia. To quote from there: The LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia is based on what many consider to be the best encyclopedia ever written: the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, first published in 1911. At a time when many encyclopedias have capsulated and condensed important knowledge, the 11th edition is generally much more in-depth and thorough on it's topics. It is not uncommon for our entries to be 5 to 10 times the length of other encyclopedias. As a research tool, this 11th edition is unparalleled - even today. LoveToKnow is in the process of updating and editing thousands of the entries, preserving the treasured entries that make it so unique, and adding entries on new relevant topics. We hope that you enjoy and learn from the LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia and that it becomes one of your favorite places for reference information. It really is an unparalleled source for history. A word of caution, the articles have been scanned from the original and put through an optical character recognition program, and will contain spelling mistakes. This is not the fault of those who maintain the website. There is a link for each article, to an edit page, which I have used to correct such mistakes and submit the corrected page. If you find yourself using the site, help them out and submit a page or two of such corrections yourself. David Rorer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art" <astrubel@cox.net> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:21 AM Subject: [HESSE] Re: Hesse Cassel > thank,s david for sharing this with us, i especially enjoyed > the link to hesse- darmstadt,s history- art > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Many towns in Germany have the same name! Add the 5-digit > zip code in front of the name! Zip codes explained, > http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm > >