Great map to download! Thank you for that and the education. Regards, Robert Lipprandt Researching: Lipprandt, Münzel, Kaufmann, Grobe, Runge, Schmalz~ Großfahner, Sachsen-Colburg-Gotha, Preußen ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Holl <scottholl@earthlink.net> To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 11:15 AM Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] Re: PML Search Result matching Germany > Ooops! You are right. I was thinking in modern terms. > > ------Original Message------ > From: "W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@sampubco.com> > To: Scott Holl <scottholl@earthlink.net> > Sent: December 1, 2000 3:49:24 PM GMT > Subject: Re: PML Search Result matching Germany > > > no. Niedersachsen today is NOT the same one in old times. :pwer > Saxony did not extend all the way to Hanover. > see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/map/germanempire.htm > you can see the Lower Saxony at the time was the area north of > Kingdom of Saxony, known as Provinz Sachsen (Province of Saxony) > and it is about the area that encompasses today's state of > Sachsen-Anhalt. > > today's State of Niedersachsen is a 1945 invention. > > David > GermanyGenweb Project Coordinator > > Scott Holl wrote: > > > > ===================================================================== > > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > ===================================================================== > > Source: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: [LUTH-ROOTS] Lower Saxony > > > > Lower Saxony in German is "Niedersachsen." It is a state in northwestern > > Germany. > > > > ------Original Message------ > > From: "RHOADS, Roger" <Roger_RHOADS@Montellna.com> > > To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: December 1, 2000 1:14:47 PM GMT > > Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] Lower Saxony > > > > Today it's part of Germany. Look on good map for the state of > Neidersaxony > > (or some spelling like that). > > > > Roger Rhoads > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I have many times heard of the term "lower Saxony", but no one has been > able > > to actually verify the area in question. What land mass did it encompass? > > > > Regards, > > Robert Lipprandt > > rloss@bellsouth.net > > > > > > > > >