Hello Jack, My guess is that Altweilen is actually "Altweilnau" in Kreis Usinger around 1871. It would have been in the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Nassau (Hesse-Nassau.) Altweilnau must be a small place as its zipcode is "D-61276 Weilrod." Altweilnau and Weilrod are generally located south of Giessen and north of Frankfurt, Germany. While your family is for a much earlier time period, microfilmed records of the FHL are cataloged for 1871. Perhaps Kroffelbach is actually "Krottelbach" in Kreis Kusel around 1871. It would have been in the Pfalz-Palatinate (Bavarian-Pfalz/Lower Palatinate), province of Bavaria and is generally west of Kaiserslautern. Located west of the Rhine River and not geographically next to Bavaria, Pfalz-Palatinate was an administrative district of Bavaria as early as 1837 and much later would become part of Rheinland-Palatinate. Zipcode for Krottelbach is "D-66909." For what it's worth, there was a Kröffelbach in Kreis Wetzlar, Nassau at that time. It would also have been in the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Nassau. It is generally located south of Giessen but north of Altweilnau. This would not have been "Pfalz-Palatinate," however, but the place spelling matches what you have given. By the way, "West Prussia" has nothing to do with either of these places. The province of West Prussia was way to the east, around Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland. Karen B. Whitmer ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Karen, Another history/geography lesson. Thank you very much for your information, very helpful. Regards, Jack WhitmerJ@aol.com wrote: Hello Jack, My guess is that Altweilen is actually "Altweilnau" in Kreis Usinger around 1871. It would have been in the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Nassau (Hesse-Nassau.) Altweilnau must be a small place as its zipcode is "D-61276 Weilrod." Altweilnau and Weilrod are generally located south of Giessen and north of Frankfurt, Germany. While your family is for a much earlier time period, microfilmed records of the FHL are cataloged for 1871. Perhaps Kroffelbach is actually "Krottelbach" in Kreis Kusel around 1871. It would have been in the Pfalz-Palatinate (Bavarian-Pfalz/Lower Palatinate), province of Bavaria and is generally west of Kaiserslautern. Located west of the Rhine River and not geographically next to Bavaria, Pfalz-Palatinate was an administrative district of Bavaria as early as 1837 and much later would become part of Rheinland-Palatinate. Zipcode for Krottelbach is "D-66909." For what it's worth, there was a Kröffelbach in Kreis Wetzlar, Nassau at that time. It would also have been in the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Nassau. It is generally located south of Giessen but north of Altweilnau. This would not have been "Pfalz-Palatinate," however, but the place spelling matches what you have given. By the way, "West Prussia" has nothing to do with either of these places. The province of West Prussia was way to the east, around Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland. Karen B. Whitmer ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- 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