I was always told by my mother that my great great grandfather was from Alsace-Lorraine. But, I just printed the 1920 US Census and his son states that "his father was born in Belgian-occupied Germany". I don't know in which area but I would like to find out if there is a central archive where documents could be checked and ordered. The Netherlands has a great, free website genlias.nl

Thank you,

rccoffee1@earthlink.net