Can some knowledgeable person on this list tell me where the "northern
Kraichgau" would be in Germany. I found that title on a book about immigrants that
has an ancestor whom I would really like to find in Germany (Benedict
Kautzman, ca. 1750).
Nancy Pundsack
Please see Wikipedia Kraichgau - Wikipedia
Hello Nancy,
it is roughly the area between Heidelberg - Heilbronn - Karlsruhe.
If you "Google" Kraichgau, you find lots of pages (e.g. Wickipedia, www.Kraichgau.de) providing information about the area.
Regards
Heinz Wiemann
Dear Nancy,
try this link http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de . It is a database called "Emigration from Southwest-Germany (means Baden-Wuerttemberg). It covers the region Kraichgau and is also available in English. There are a lot of Kautzmann there in the database, but no Benedict, unfortunately.
Greetings from Schwaben, Andrea (Korbanka)