Dear Dr Waxweiler, Thank you for setting me straight, I never was sure of the relationship of Germany to Prussia. We are usually taught here that Prussia became Germany around 1900. Keith >Dr. Richard Waxweiler >Berlin, Deutschland/Germany >dr.richard@waxweiler.de >www.waxweiler.de > >Hello Keith, > >> Keith Kurtz wrote: >> > >> > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, "Michael Palmer" <mpalmer@netcom.com> wrote: >> > >> > Der Ackerer Johann Loesch, 43 Jahre, mit seiner Frau Katharina Fuchs, >> > > >> > I can not find the word Ackerer. Could Ackerer be the land owner or >> > perhaps a farm laborer and not a farmer? > >An Ackerer is a farmer. > >> > Who gave the permission to emigrate, The German Government, or was it >> > permission from the US government to enter the US? > >The permission was granted by the German authorities. You can't >compare Germany >and Prussia. Germany was the German Empire (Deutsches Reich) and Prussia was a >part of it, was one German state among others. After the Vienna >congress in 1815 >Prussia became the predominant state of Germany and more and more in >opposition >against the German Kaiser in Vienna, which was then the German capital town. >There was even a brother-war in 1867, when Prussia overcame Austria. >Since then >(with the exception of 1938-1945) Austria does not belong to Germany after >beeing over 1000 years a part of it. > >So when W. David Samuelsen says > the permission was from Prussian >government - >not German government as >it didn't exist then in 1846.> is wrong. > >Most people emigrated to the US because of the promise of finding >ones happiness >and not because they did not want to become a soldier. > >Greetings from Germany >Richard > > > > >==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Going on vacation longer than 4 days? >send your message to Trier-L-request@rootsweb.com >subject line: unsubscribe _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com