Prussian locality identification

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It seems my mails bounced back. So here is the argument again.

Krieswag and Coplins both seem corrupt attempts to spell today's towns
of Koblenz and (Bad) Kreuznach which are in the Bundesland
Rheinland-Pfalz. This area was Prussian ("Rhein-Preussen") in the 19th
century. The fact that your Yekels were Catholic and did depart from
Amsterdam would back up this assumption.
Regards
Lutz Szemkus

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I've just realised on your website that the port of departure was
Antwerp and not Amsterdam. This is even stronger evidence Antwerp being
the closest port from a Koblenz/Kreuznach perspective. Your Prussian
ancestors may turn out to be Rhinelanders after all :-)!
LS

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