Western Prussia and Pomerania residents may have come from other parts of Germany. Depending on events in the various kingdoms, city-states and other regional events your relatives ‘may’ have come from a place in a non-unified Germany that you never thought. Don’t rule out that your ancestor may not be of original Prussian identification but maybe Saxony or other locations. I am trying to learn the patterns of migration within the various German Provinces prior to 1800 and after the Napoleon Wars ended in 1815.
Thanks for all your hard work and sharing the information good luck!
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Thanks Dianne
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