This article is for my friend Patricia Mayhew who is a fellow history geek! She has been following my family history search in Germany and mentioned that her ancestors came from an area called Pommerania. Her ancestor situation there is similar to mine… we can’t trace our individual family line back because of limited information. We can however, find out more about the areas they came from which is interesting in itself. When I was doing my research on Old Saxony, I kept running across mentions of Pommerania and I immediately thought of Patricia! So, Patricia- Here is a detailed history of Pommerania for you… It looks like some Saxon or Viking roots may be tugging at you as well!
History of Pomerania
I first heard of Pomerania when Patricia mentioned that her ancestors were from a place called Pomerania in Germany. The first question that comes to mind about this…
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