Yes.... you are correct. I did not phrase my reply well. My meaning was Preussen as a country in 1892 did not exist. Regards, Robert Lipprandt =================== Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Preussen > Robert, > >> Audrey... Prussia no longer existed in the year 1892. Matter of fact, it >> existed only as Ostpreussen (East Prussia) and Westpreussen (West >> Prussia) >> after 1871 as provinces in the New Germany. > > Sorry to correct you, but Preussen was indeed a state ("Land") inside the > German Reich, divided up into provinces. > > see my posting from January: >> The existence of Prussia as a state of its own inside the German Reich >> ended >> in 1945. The very western parts used to belong to West Germany, the >> central >> part to Eastern Germany, both now Germany, the eastern including >> Pomerania, >> West- and East-Prussia belongs to Poland nowadays. >> The word Prussia is a term no more used in Germany except for historical >> reasons. > > Chris > > ------------------------------- > 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 >