I need geography help. My second great grandfather Andreas Augustus (August) Pistorius and his brother Augustus Andreas (Andrew) Pistorius emigrated to the US in 1855. The 2 Pistorius brothers arrived at the Port of New York aboard the Union, having departed Breman, Germany. They were from Anhalt-Bernburg and destined for 'Newhaven' (Connecticut). Andrew (1827-1887) was a miner and is accompanied by his wife Amelia Boenecke (1828-1913) and son Fritz (1852-?). August (1829-1903) was tailor. In 1860, they list their origin as Prussia and in 1870, as Germany. Their granddaughter states they were born in Brandenburg. I believe there is currently both a Brandenburg town and a Brandenburg (German) state. Anhalt-Bernburg (Prussia) is now part of Saxony-Anhalt (a German state). My question: is current day Brandenburg (town) in what used to be Anhalt-Bernburg? Can anyone work out what city they came from with this information? Another clue: August married Catherine Fischer (1824-1863) from Biskirchen. I think they must have know each other in Prussia although they married in the US.