Dereck, You are correct. German Township became Clark Township during the period of WW I. Now you may find that even before WW I Clark is used in place of German in books published today, which isn't correct. Bob Strock Dereck Dietz wrote: > Can anyone answer a question for me? > > I've been going through census records and census indexes for weeks now > and I have been seeing German Township as a township for Holmes County. > Yet, when I finally had a need to look it up on a map I have I can find > no German Township anywhere. > > The only thing that makes sense to me since all the information I've > seen so far has been pre-World War I is that the name was changed during > World War I when everybody was anti-German. > > Am I right? And, if so, does anyone know what it was changed to? > > Thanks (a lot) in advance, > > Dereck Dietz > [email protected] -- Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L, Uhl-L, and Welday-L message lists. GenConnect Family Association boards: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/w/e/WELDAY/queries