My grandmother used to say her relatives were from Alsace-Lorraine, but the best I could ever do is to learn that her father's father was from Hesse-Nassau and her mother's family from Hannover. I think many German descendants named Alsace-Lorraine during the WWI & WWII periods so as not to sound so German. Bart --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 22/11/06, shiel007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alsace-Lorraine moved back and forth between, I believe, France and > Germany. > > See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace_Lorraine > > "Alsace-Lorraine (French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsaß-Lothringen) was a > territory that used to be disputed between France and Germany, but is > currently a part of France and has been since World War II." > > There is a famous short story describing the last day in a school where, > the > next day, they would be part of another country and taught in a different > language. > > Kate Shields > > On 22 Nov 2006, [email protected] wrote: > > I have some relatives who were from Alsace-Lorraine. I understand > it has > > belonged to France, Belgium, and/or Germany. All I know for certain is > that > > it > > has been part of a number of different countries. Does anyone know for > > sure? > > > > Joanne > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >