Karen, and others, You might also like to take a look at 'Historical Atlas of East Central Europe' by Paul Magocsi. Bronwyn. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Karen C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Since my knowledge of history was critically lacking, I purchased the > "Oxford Atlas of World History, Concise Edition" which has been extremely > helpful. > > Hope this helps. > > Karen > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: David Armstrong <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:56:22 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Prussian military query > > G'day David, > > The Federation of East European Family History Societies (Feefhs) < > www.feefhs.org > has a "map room". One of their maps is "East Prussia > 1882" < > http://www.feefhs.org/maplibrary/german/ge-eprus.html > which will help > you. > > After the First World War, East Prussia was separated from the rest of > Germany by the "Polish Corridor" which gave Poland access to the Baltic. > After the Second World War, East Prussia was divided between Poland which > took the south-western half and the Soviet Union (now the Russian Republic) > which took the north-eastern half. The old provincial capital of Königsberg > was renamed Kaliningrad by the Russians. > > Hope this helps > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Stroebel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Prussian military query > > > > Google maps showed me that it was near Hamburg. Is this right? > > Dave > > --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Prussian military query > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:27 AM > > David: > > Germany did not exist in 1860. Prior to 1871 the area > > comprising what we > > call Germany was made up of numerous countries/areas - > > Prussia, East > > Prussia, Baden, Bavaria, to name a few. Probably your > > source is referring > > to the area known as East Prussia which would cover parts > > of what is now > > Poland, Russia and other eastern areas. Too > > complicated to give a short > > answer. I'm sure you can find maps for the various > > time periods including > > 1860. > > Sheila K. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Bronwyn!   ________________________________ From: Bronwyn Klimach <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:50:07 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Prussian military query Karen, and others, You might also like to take a look at 'Historical Atlas of East Central Europe' by Paul Magocsi. Bronwyn. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Karen C <[email protected]> wrote: