Could someone clarify the proper town name order . Some are counties or regions or states.
In US it would be something like this for my home.
Counrty, Region, State , County, Town, Vilage Shenandoah
US, Northeast, New York, Dutchess, East Fishkill, Hopewell Junction, Hamlet
This is what I have for the Kielhorn family in Germany. Is this correct?
Country Region? State
Germany, Niedersachsen, Hannover.
Hamlets Hildesheim, Marienrode, Oberg, Dedenhauser, Koldingen, Verden, Seesen.
I have written bistumsarchiv@bistum-hildesheim.de for vital records of the Kielhorn's in Hamlets above but they have not answered yet.
Thanks for your Help
Howard Banney
Howard,
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) is now a state in Germany. Hannover is a
city. Since, many times, there are more than one village in Germany with
the same name, they are sometimes differentiated by referring to a nearby
major city, such as Hannover (i.e. Region).
Before 1815, Hannover was both a city, and the short name of the duchy
in which it was situated. From 1815 until August, 1866, the former Duchy
was "The Kingdom of Hannover". In 1866 Hannover was invaded by the Prussion
Army and became a provence of Prussia, and after 1871 it was part of the
Second German Empire until the Empire was disolved at the end of The Great
War in 1918.
Don Roddy