I'm no expert, but I searched kartenmeister.com and only found one city named Nassau, in the former Schlesein province, not in Hessen.  You might try more research at the link below.  it seemed to have more info on the Nassau-Hessen region.   http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/xhnassau.html Deborah Frontczak _____________________________________________________ Researching Genealogy (Detroit, MI and Poland) for: Frontczak, Owczarek, Fuerst, Wrosch, Langa, Endert, Stefanski, Mrozowski, Sobieski, Tomaszewski, Kowalski, Ksiazkiewicz, Bukowski. From: Patsy Hand <patsy2931@suddenlink.net> To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:01 AM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Johann Heibel With my limited knowledge of the history, etc of Germany I have bee trying to help a friend with his German family. The name is Johann Heibel, b. June 1839. Possibliy had a brother, Christopher that did not come to America. Johann came about 1882/83 and settled in South Texas. He was a Catholic. MY friend has Johann's diary where he wrote he was born Nassau Hessen, Germany. My friend thinks that means Johann was b. in the city of Nassau, state of Hessen, Germany. I think grandpaw meant to say the district of Hessen Nassau, Germany and no village or town listed. Can someone out there either agree with my friend or me. If I am right, I would like to get my friend going in another direction. Patsy Hand, Texas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message