In a message dated 8/20/2004 5:26:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, b.amburgey@worldnet.att.net writes: These are definitely different places. Mecklenburg is divided into two: Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Pommern. Wuerrtemburg is the most likely spelling that was misspelled on the 1870 census. You will probably need more information than this to locate them. Get a copy of the marriage record if it is a later one, it may have info on it if it was after 1900. I think they married in 1867...... Thanks for your help! Ceal