Solingen is a city in what is now NordRhein-Westfalen Before end of World War II, it was Solingen, Solingen, Rheinland, Germany (if before 1871, Prussia instead of Germany) 2nd Solingen refers to Kr. Solingen which is like a county. the city is renowned for German knives (90 percent are made there). And it is also birthplace of Adolf Eichmann. David On 6/8/2012 5:02 PM, vjspringer@aol.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to figure out how to tell my family that 4 sets of ancestors came from Germany in the 1700s > They were from Hesse, Rhineland, and Solingen (don't know what that state or whatever was called.) > > I wrote that it was not correct to call them Germans in that time period. I said that they were of Germanic > heritage, they spoke German, and are from an area that is now Germany. My family that I give the genealogy too understands the country Germany (now) but have no idea of that time period and are not going to research it. Is this too simplified or how else could I say it. > > Velma > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >