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 >

David Stroebel wrote: > Google maps showed me that it was near Hamburg. Is this right? > > Dave Dave, No, East Prussia was east of Gdansk/Danzig, Poland. -- Mona Houser [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/