"Generally we should be thinking and recording how things were at the time they happened rather than in todays terms" I agree, but Phil's assertion that it would be "dumb" to state that Sallie's ancestor was born in Germany in 1844 is inappropriate. There's a polite way to point out such information, and that is not it. Barton On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Sallie > > It means he was born in Baden > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden > > Which became part of Germany in 1871 > > See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany > > Generally we should be thinking and recording how things were at the > time they happened rather than in todays terms > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > On 07/06/2012 20:37, Sallie wrote: >> This is so odd. I don't know really what you are discussing..... >> >> You say Germany didn't exist until 1871. Well my grgrandfather was >> born Aug >> 1844 in Baden, Hessen Nassau, Germany, so where does this leave >> him!!! >> >> Sallie Lou Morris Nelson >> San Benito TX via Logansport/Deacon IN > ===== > 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