Thanks Howard. That's another lead I can follow as I try to locate the American origins of my Johannes Weiss who settled in Highland Co., VA. John White Seattle, WA -----Original Message----- From: hhorne04@comcast.net [mailto:hhorne04@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:52 PM To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Hessian Soldier database & Johannes Weiss Weiss is a fairly common name in Lancaster and York counties, PA. Howard F. Horne, Ph.D. -------------- Original message -------------- > My great grand mother was born a Way. The family goes back to York > County, > Pennsylvania. One membe of the family had their name spelled as Weys in the > 1790 Census. Weys could be Weiss. Do you have any of your Weiss family from > York? > > Bob Zins, Newport News, VA > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Please stick to our published subject - Hessian Soldiers of the > American Revolution, not WWII or the Civil War. No other Immigrants. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > One more tip - do not use signature lines (with names) when posting. > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== Please stick to our published subject - Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution, not WWII or the Civil War. No other Immigrants. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians One more tip - do not use signature lines (with names) when posting.