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 > >