Rhineland-Palatinate is in the middle Rhine River valley in the west of Germany, bordering France and the state of Saarland to the south, Luxembourg and Belgium to the west, and the states of North Rhine-Westphalia], Hessen and Baden-Wuttenberg to the north, east and southeast. For many years it was a part of Prussia. It is from this region that our German relatives emigrated
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Dalsland
Dalsland is a Swedish province or landskap, situated in Gotaland in southern Sweden, Lying to the west of Lake Vanern it is bordered by Varmland to the north, Vastergotland to the southeast, Bohuslan to the west, and Norway to the northwest. It is from here that our Swedish family came.
Famiglia di Italia
In the region of Lombardia, in the rich soil of Valtellina e Valchiavenna at the foot of the Italian Alps, the Italian branch of our family took root. In the high valleys of the province of Sondrio sit two small towns only a few kilometers apart —Piantedo, and Gordona, the birthplaces of Nonno and Nonni. This section contains all things “Italian.”