Hello I am looking for the family of Ann Veronica Land born about 1821 in Pickliessem, Kreis Bittburg, Germany. related names are Willems and Zender. Does anyone have these surnames in their database? Thank you, Alexandra in Missouri ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

I believe you are 50 years too early Alexandra. Germany did not become official until 1871. Your search would most likely be in Prussia or one of the duchies/kingdoms/free states that dotted what we consider to have German territory (before 1945). If Germany was on the immigration information, check the date to make it either official or not. Regards, Rollo+~~ =============== Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Ann Land, 1821, Pickliessem, Germany > Hello > > I am looking for the family of Ann Veronica Land born about 1821 in > Pickliessem, Kreis Bittburg, Germany. > related names are > Willems and Zender. > Does anyone have these surnames in their database? > > > > Thank you, > > Alexandra in Missouri >

>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bitburg (English - "Bit Castle") is a city in Germany, capital of the district Bitburg-Prüm, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated approx. 25 km (16 mi.) north-west of Trier, and 50 km (31 mi.) north-east of Luxembourg (city). Two American airbases, Bitburg Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base, are located nearby. The city's name derives from its Celtic toponym, Beda. Bit Castle was created approximately 2000 years ago as a stopover for traffic from Lyon, through Metz and Trier to Cologne. The first mentioned name was "Vicus Beda". Emperor Konstantine expanded the settlement to a road castle around 330, the central part of which forms the town centre to the present day. Bit Castle is first documented only after the end of the Roman Empire around 715 as "castrum bedense". Bitburg subsequently became part of Franconia. In 1262, the castle gained municipal rights. In the middle of the tenth century the city came under the county of Luxembourg (later duchy), and in 1443 to the county of Burgundy. After 1506 the place belonged first to the Spanish Netherlands, and from 1714 to the Austrian Netherlands. In 1794 the city came under French administration, and in 1798 principal place of a canton of the forest section (Département of the Forêts). This led to a short lived economic upturn, and Bit Castle received among other things a court and a land registry. In 1815 by the resolution of the Congress of Vienna, Bit Castle transferred to the Kingdom of Prussia, where it belonged administratively as district town until 1822 to the province Niederrhein, then to the Rhine province. Original Message ----- From: "R. Lipprandt" <rloss@bellsouth.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:17 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] 1821 - Germany >I believe you are 50 years too early Alexandra. Germany did not become > official until 1871. Your search would most likely be in Prussia or one of > the duchies/kingdoms/free states that dotted what we consider to have > German > territory (before 1945). > > If Germany was on the immigration information, check the date to make it > either official or not. > > Regards, Rollo+~~ > =============== > > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Ann Land, 1821, Pickliessem, Germany > > >> Hello >> >> I am looking for the family of Ann Veronica Land born about 1821 in >> Pickliessem, Kreis Bittburg, Germany. >> related names are >> Willems and Zender. >> Does anyone have these surnames in their database? >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Alexandra in Missouri >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >