Is Prussia in Poland now and once was in Germany? Or is it still in Germany?-------Original Message------- From: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Date: 01/14/07 18:27:41 To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Polish Town Names Judy, I have a Tiefke in my line. She was my GgGrandmother, and also from Prussia. I don't believe she ever made the trip to the US. I have her name from my Ggranparents marriage record in Detroit. She was the mother of August Schmult and wife of Francis Schmult. August's place of birth was given as "Strebelin, Prussia". If any of this sounds remotely familar or if you think there may be a connection, please let me know. I've never come across anyone else researching the Tiefke name. Elaine O'Neill On 1/14/07, Judy Paulson <joep1@frontiernet.net> wrote: > > Here's my question...My ggrandfaather Carl August Ristau was born in > Stutyn (Stuttgart) Czeskov, West Prussia. My ggrandmother, Albertina Agatha > Charlotte Tiefke was born Czeskova, Henireich, Valda, West Prussia. Where > are those communities now? I'm just starting to "cross the ocean" and check > up on these two families as well as their parents: John Tieke, ? Bedhum, > Jacob Ristau, Pauline Farnam Nickels. Can anyone help get me started? I > realize that these communities are probably in Poland now. Judy Paulson > > > ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 1/13/2007 .

I believe that West Prussia is now part of Poland. At the time of my ggrandmother's immigration (1885) it was Germany. My grandmother always said she was German. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Landon" <1bluefeather@comcast.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Polish Town Names > Is Prussia in Poland now and once was in Germany? Or is it still in > Germany?-------Original Message------- > > From: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: 01/14/07 18:27:41 > To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German/Polish Town Names > > Judy, > > I have a Tiefke in my line. She was my GgGrandmother, and also from > Prussia. I don't believe she ever made the trip to the US. I have her > name > from my Ggranparents marriage record in Detroit. She was the mother of > August Schmult and wife of Francis Schmult. August's place of birth was > given as "Strebelin, Prussia". If any of this sounds remotely familar or > if > you think there may be a connection, please let me know. I've never come > across anyone else researching the Tiefke name. > > Elaine O'Neill > > > > On 1/14/07, Judy Paulson <joep1@frontiernet.net> wrote: >> >> Here's my question...My ggrandfaather Carl August Ristau was born in >> Stutyn (Stuttgart) Czeskov, West Prussia. My ggrandmother, Albertina > Agatha >> Charlotte Tiefke was born Czeskova, Henireich, Valda, West Prussia. > Where >> are those communities now? I'm just starting to "cross the ocean" and > check >> up on these two families as well as their parents: John Tieke, ? Bedhum, >> Jacob Ristau, Pauline Farnam Nickels. Can anyone help get me started? I >> realize that these communities are probably in Poland now. Judy Paulson >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 1/13/2007 > > . > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Cheryl Landon wrote: > Is Prussia in Poland now and once was in Germany? Or is it still in > Germany?- Yes, and yes. :> Much of what is present-day Germany was contained in Prussia. But Prussia was very large, and also contained much of present-day Poland. There are and were so many border changes through the centuries that it is truly very confusing! Mona -- Mona Houser HeritageHunt@sandyview.info http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/

> Is Prussia in Poland now and once was in Germany? Or is it still in > Germany? 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