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From: "Dianne Erickson" <>
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Alsace and German/Austrian Ancestry
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:08:42 -0500
References: <C07BDB21.7BA3%Etienne.Herrbach@wanadoo.fr>


I am finding origins of more than one of my ancestors in Alsace as "the
Tyrol." Some others came from Saarland and Prussia. Then they all
intermarried with the French.

Were immigrants from the Tyrol a significant part of the Alsace population?
The families came in the late or mid-sixteen hundreds. Mine from this area
are: Veit (later Feit or Feith), Brucker, and Michel, and I am looking at
Horig--only because I see that "ig" ending on surnames from my Austrian
ancestors.

Thanks.

Dianne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Etienne Herrbach" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Jacob/Jakob/Jacques Alexander


> Hello all,
>
> Alsace was *never* part of historical Prussia (capital Berlin). However,
> the "second Reich" (1871-1918) was ruled by the Prussian King, who became
> the German Emperor, and it was often called the "Prussian Empire".
> Therefore many considered that Alsace was Prussian, just like all other
> parts of the Empire. Let's add that many true Prussians settles then in
> Alsace and held public functions. So, the "administration" was, so to
> say,
> Prussian.
>
> Etienne
> Alsace
>
>
>> De :
>> Date : Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:55:31 EDT
>>
>> In a message dated 4/30/2006 9:50:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> writes:
>> Hi Carolyn and Ellen,
>>
>> Sometimes parts of Alsace were regarded by the "German" inhabitants as
>> Prussia. My g-grandfather listed Prussia as his homeland in a few
>> censuses
>> here in the states, but was from Scheibenhard, Alsace.
>> Helene Gilroy
>> Hi Helene,
>>
>> According to this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prussiamap.gif
>> it
>> appears that Alsace was indeed considered part of Prussia from 1871-1918.
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> Ellen Alexander
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