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Re: Jacobs-Bastian Book

JudithFair  (View posts) Posted: 4 Jun 2009 12:14PM GMT
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There is a town with name Scherweiler, today Scherwiller: http://atlas.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?zoom=5&latlongtyp... Elasass-Lothringen belonged to France before 1870, and to the German Empire from 1871-1918: After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area was annexed by the newly-created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of Frankfurt and became a Reichsland (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine ) Only in 1919 Elsass-Lothringen was independent - now it is France.
This could be why on one census she lists Alsace-Lorraine and on another she lists Germany.
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moshergenweb 17 Jan 2000 12:00PM GMT 
lpostemal1 13 May 2002 11:55AM GMT 
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MERKEL Antoine 16 Jun 2003 8:15PM GMT 
MikeBender518 3 Jun 2009 10:03PM GMT 
JudithFair 4 Jun 2009 12:14PM GMT 
   

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