Dear TGF, I never work overseas, but I am working with research on a man who lived in Baltimore that identified himself as both from Germany and Holland. I imagine it sounds simplistic to many of you, and I know that the countries border each other, but can anyone recommend a book or website that describes how a person could be from both when born in 1796. I know about the temporary French take-over in about 1811, but I want to make a short explanation to the client. Thanks, Rebecca Whitman Koford