This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/4062.1 Message Board Post: I believe you are looking at the wrong Herzberg. There is also a small city in the former province of Hanover with the name Herzberg am Harz. Near this city, so about 10 km away, is another city with the name Osterode am Harz. I think thats your Osterow. You will find in the city of Herzberg a lot of people withn the name Klapproth. After 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover became a part of Prussia. Kind regards Horst Böcker