Virginia Sacristano wrote: > > My grandfather's declaration of intention for citizenship does not list > the area if Germany he came from. Instead he forswore any loyalty to > the King of Hanover. I was told he came from Frankfurt. Would that > city have been in Hanover? The year was 1849. Thanks > The declaration does tell you he was from Hanover and was a subject of the King of Hanover, Ernest Augustus. Neither Franfurt-on-Main nor Franfurt-on-Oder is in Hanover. bob gillis