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/4108.1.1 Message Board Post: A brief and easy to understand history of Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen and Prussia may be found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedersachsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia