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These names are a subset of German names used more by Germans from the historical region of East Prussia (now in Poland, Russia and Lithuania).
5 de ene. de 2024 · Prussia (Preußen), German Empire Genealogy. Originally "Preussen" referred to the geographical area that had been settled by a Baltic tribe, the Pruzzen. This area later became the Duchy of Preussen (Prussia), a Polish fiefdom, which was obtained by the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1618.
Germanized form of a Slavic or Old Prussian name formed with lub- ‘love’, ‘dear’ (see Luba ). Habitational name from any of several places named near Posen (Polish Poznan) and in West Prussia. A list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Prussian.
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East Prussia (Ostpreußen) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 to 1945.
Most of the information you need to identify you ancestors and their families will be found in two major record groups: civil registration and church records. To locate these records, follow the instructions in these Wiki articles.
Watch the Specific Geography portion to learn how to use MeyersGaz.org and Kartenmeister.comto get the details of the German and Polish names of your town and its higher jurisdictions.Watch the General Resources portion to learn how to check for parish registers usingWatch the East Prussia or Ostpreussenportion, which begins at 47:58 minutes.The profile for each town name includes both German- and Polish-language place names, as well as what districts and parishes the villages belonged to. Another valuable tool can be the “Prussia, Municipality Gazetteer, 1905” ( Gemeindelexikon für Königreich Preussen ) on Ancestry.com.
View the Prussia surname, family crest and coat of arms. Discover the Prussia family history for the German Origin. What is the origin of the name Prussia?
Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen, German: [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree ...
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndFrederick I the Mercenary King [1]( 1657-07-11) 11 July 1657 – 25 February ...18 January 170125 February 1713Frederick William I the Soldier King( 1688-08-14) 14 August 1688 – 31 May ...25 February 171331 May 1740Frederick II the Great( 1712-01-24) 24 January 1712 – 17 August ...31 May 174017 August 1786( 1744-09-25) 25 September 1744 – 16 ...17 August 178616 November 1797
