That area was most likley not Germany but Prussia, which in the 1800s was part of the German Empire. A unified nation called Germany did not come into existance until around 1860! Germany did occupy part of Poland from 1918 to 1921 Robert Michelle Ann Day <michelleann@ameritech.net> wrote: It was actually Germany also. My great grandparents property was in German (Aleksandrowo) which is now located in the middle of Poland. This all changed between 1920 and 1940. Some of the baptismal records say German, some Poland. Michelle --- CHRISTIE FOX wrote: > Hi list: > > Would someone please tell me what Poland was called > before it was actually Poland. > I mean like who owned the land. > > thanks > > christiefox@prodigy.net > > > > > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== > Please remember to change your subject lines to > correspond with your message and capitalize all > surnames. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Register your surnames and queries at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

My grandfather was born in Posen, Prussia in 1892 -- now Poland. Big German colonies all around the area. My great-grandmother was somehow related to a Prussian General who fought for Germany in W.W.I -- had a German last name, yet was also born around Posen. My great-grandfather had a Polish surname -- Konopinski -- yet also spoke German, considered himself German, emigrated to Pittsburgh with my grandfather -- with his wife and second son arriving after his birth. One of the great things about family history -- is that it brings the history we learned in school -- ALIVE. I've studied a lot more diligently since I've linked my FAMILY to the history of Europe. My proud all-"German" grandmother turned out to be about 1/4 French -- as her grandmother's family lived in Alsace, which changed "owners" quite a bit (French and German -- is what I remember -- and a surname like NOULLET and French names for the girls in the early 1800's). And my husband turned out to be 9th generation American, descendent of Quaker immigrants who came over on William Penn's second ship to Pennsylvania. I majored in American literature -- so -- linking Bob's family history (they moved and moved and moved -- West -- West-er and West-est!) to geography and American history has been interesting. They married their neighbors, their cousins, their cousins once-removed -- and moved on to new settlements with them, from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana, Missouri -- and points west of there. Lots of HIATT or HYATT or HITE families in America -- with some of the same family stories that go back to the Armada. And the most fun for me -- his immigrant 9th great grandmother was a Quaker minister. An IRISH Quaker minister -- so all Bob's jokes about MY part-Irish heritage -- turned on him. Life is good. Genealogy is the most fun. surely made our vacations a lot more interesting! Warm regards, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin26@yahoo.com> To: <OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Poland That area was most likley not Germany but Prussia, which in the 1800s was part of the German Empire. A unified nation called Germany did not come into existance until around 1860! Germany did occupy part of Poland from 1918 to 1921 Robert Michelle Ann Day <michelleann@ameritech.net> wrote: It was actually Germany also. My great grandparents property was in German (Aleksandrowo) which is now located in the middle of Poland. This all changed between 1920 and 1940. Some of the baptismal records say German, some Poland. Michelle --- CHRISTIE FOX wrote: > Hi list: > > Would someone please tell me what Poland was called > before it was actually Poland. > I mean like who owned the land. > > thanks > > christiefox@prodigy.net > > > > > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== > Please remember to change your subject lines to > correspond with your message and capitalize all > surnames. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Register your surnames and queries at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Register your surnames and queries at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237