Hello, and Merry Christmas! Here is a message sent by German-American-L that I thought would be helpful to our own list. Please forgive the repetition if you are also a member of that list. If anyone gets time to look at these and finds anything of interest, do pass it on! Thanks everyone for your patience. Janet >Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 09:08:20 -0500 >Subject: [GERMAN-AMERICAN-L] Understanding the Franco-Prussian War and Prussia >To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2878 > >Hi! > >Genealogy in Germany, Austria, Poland, etc. is not just locating >surnames. It is also understanding, to some extent, the history of the >countries, the wars, conflicts, and the numerous border changes >throughout Europe. Without some understanding of the history, it "may" >be difficult, or impossible to find your ancestors. An example; one of >my ancestors listed three different countries on his vital documents. >And the reason is most probably because the borders changed in his >homeland, and he actually did live in all of these countries without >moving an inch. Therefore, as your listowner I will periodically offer >links to various times in history for your browsing pleasure. Below are >sites about the Franco-Prussian War and Prussia. Please enjoy at your >leisure, and possibly save this email for future ref: > >The Causes of and build-up to the Franco-Prussian War: >http://www.hogarth.demon.co.uk/Euro/Germany9.html > >German Unification: a guide to the areas of debate: >http://www.hogarth.demon.co.uk/Euro/Germany4.html > >"Most of us know this as the Franco-Prussian War but it may more >accurately be called the Franco-German War as it was more than just the >Prussians against the French, the other German states weighed in as >well." http://www.hat.com/FPWar.html > >French History 19th Century: >"In 1870, the Franco-Prussian war erupted, Paris fell to the >Germans and France lost the Alsace and Lorraine regions." >http://www.france.com/culture/history/19thcent.html > >The Civil War In France: >"On Tuesday July 19 1870, the Franco-Prussian War erupted -- an event >predicted by Engels in a previous geopolitical news article." >http://www.marx.org/Archive/1864-IWMA/1871-CWF/ > >The Battle of Worth-Frederick III: >http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/courses/469/IndWar/1870-Worth.htm > >Administration of the Prussian Army: >http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/courses/469/IndWar/1872-Prussia.htm > >Images of the Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871: >http://www.library.nwu.edu/spec/siege/index.html > >The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) provided the first major test for >the European Red Cross. >http://www.redcross.org/hec/pre1900/fpwardet.html > >Solidarity - Past >http://members.iquest.net/~gschick/zach/c6pa.htm > >Map of German Unification: Germany 1871 >http://members.iquest.net/~gschick/zach/f-pwar1.jpg > >The German Collections at the Library of Congress: >http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/european/nuweb/collgerm.html > >Mary appears to numerous villagers in Pontmain, France, 1871: >http://web.frontier.net/Apparitions/pontmain.html > >A brief history of Poland in the last 200 years: >Includes a map of Central Europe in 1872. >http://members.aol.com/genpoland/polhistory.htm > > >Q1: What and where was Prussia? >Q2: What about the kings in Germany? >Q3: Who were the Prussian kings? >Q4: Where does the name Prussia come from? >Q5: What were the administrative areas of Prussia in 1895? >Q6: Where do I write for a birth certificate for someone born in >Prussia? >Q7: How do I find locations and maps for Prussia? >Q8: When were civil registers introduced? >Q9: Where can I get more information on the Prussian provinces? >Q10: Are there emigration records available for Prussian emigrants? >Q11: Is there a listserv for Prussia? >http://homes.rhein-zeitung.de/~alipskey/goertzprussia.htm > >Prussian Timeline: >http://kanga.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/prussia/prustime.html > >Prussia Personalities: >http://kanga.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/prussia/pruspers.html > >West Prussia: includes a map >http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/westpr.htm > >East Prussia: includes a map >http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/eastpr.htm > >Preussen / Prussia / Kingdom of Prussia / Königreich Preussen: >http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/preussen/prussia.html > >Nancy Ring Kendrick >Listowner German-American >Kendrick Kreations <[email protected]>