If I may butt in please, I would like to offer the history of my ancestral village, à propos your question about modern maps and names: THE VILLAGE NAME: Year - Name 724 - The village was mentioned under the name Morinsheim authentically for the first time 803 - Moringesheim 1301 - Mornssheim 1304 - Merensheim 1468 - Moertzheim 1491 - Mornssheim (like 1301) 1585 - Merentzheim 1787 - Moernzheim 1828 - Moerzheim and ever after In the summer of 1999, they had a festival recognizing the town's 1,275th anniversary! Regards, Don Hickman (HECKMANN) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: <flach@charter.net> Cc: <PFALZ@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Mertesheim, Ebertsheim, Monsheim > Rudy, Does the particular atlas, of which you speak, include historic > locations (town names) or perhaps that is not too much of an issue/concern > when it comes to locations in Germany. In other words, would one expect > to > be able to locate historic towns in the current edition of the > "Deutschland > ADAC MaxiAtlas"; villages that were in existence ca. 1800-1850? > > Thank you, > Bette > > > Hello List, > If anybody wants a really GREAT atlas, I would recommend the following > which > can be purchased over the Internet directly from the publisher: > Deutschland ADAC MaxiAtlas > > I only ever found one single little town, which actually had formerly been > a > farm, that was not listed. It contains an alphabetical listing with tons > of > detailed maps. It is definitely worth the few extra dollars to get the > large sized version over the smaller one. > > Good hunting, > Rudy Flack > > > > > ********* > Information for list members: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >