Hi - I've a question. There is a cousin in our family who thinks the Immigrant Ancestor was born in Hessen Castle, Alsace Lorraine. My question has to do with the words Hessen Castle as opposed to Hessen Cassel - I think this cousin has these terms mixed up. The Immigrant Ancestor was a tailor and could well have worked in the castle, but I don't know that he would have been born in the castle, rather than in the town around it. Another stretch of the 'imagination' is that the ancestor met a "princess of the castle" and eventually married her. That just does not ring true - and I don't mean to imply that it is a lie by the cousin - just that it doesn't ring true. I think it is a 'story' that has been handed down by family members with no real proof. Do any of you know of a website where the castle at Hessen might be in a picture? I've tried searching and have found nothing. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond - and I am open to ideas regarding the above. Have a great week ahead! Shirley: bobert@i-1.net

Hessen-Kassel or (Hessen-Cassel) used to be a dukedom with the city of Kassel (or Cassel) as its capital. It has nothing to do with Alsace Lorraine which is a few hundred km to the southwest. Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "bobert" <bobert@i-1.net> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 7:16 AM Subject: [HESSE] CASSEL/CASTLE > Hi - I've a question. There is a cousin in our family who thinks the > Immigrant Ancestor was born in Hessen Castle, Alsace Lorraine. My > question has to do with the words Hessen Castle as opposed to Hessen > Cassel - I think this cousin has these terms mixed up. The Immigrant > Ancestor was a tailor and could well have worked in the castle, but I > don't know that he would have been born in the castle, rather than in > the town around it. Another stretch of the 'imagination' is that the > ancestor met a "princess of the castle" and eventually married her. > That just does not ring true - and I don't mean to imply that it is a > lie by the cousin - just that it doesn't ring true. I think it is a > 'story' that has been handed down by family members with no real proof. > > Do any of you know of a website where the castle at Hessen might be in a > picture? I've tried searching and have found nothing. > > Thanks for taking the time to read and respond - and I am open to ideas > regarding the above. > > Have a great week ahead! Shirley: bobert@i-1.net > > > ==== 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 > >