Hello Mike - I think you shall have to concentrate your searches in Minnesota and work your way back from what you know and have documented with primary sources; there is no way to find someone in Prussia without knowing the village. Please give this a try for many, many, many avenues to search, from an expert, Dr. Don Watson: http:// members.cox.net/hessen (not limited to Hessen) "All the sources in America" should include libraries of all kinds, books, stuff not on the Internet. And it will help to look at the changing maps of Prussia and its history. They're waiting for you to find them! Maureen Schoenky In a message dated 8/14/2009 6:27:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help me or give advice in locating someone. I have been searching for 35 years for my great grand parents original location. I have searched all the sources in America but don't know how to search records from over seas. Here's what info I have. William Freiderich Holtz (Holz) born abt. 1811 in Prussia, Germany, and died July 11, 1882 in Wells, (Faribault County) Minnesota. He married Hannah Koster (Koester) in Prussia, Germany. She was born abt. 1815 in Prussia, Germany, and died May 03, 1893 in Wells, (Faribault County) Minnesota. They had a son August Gottfried Holtz (Holz). he was born about 1846 in Prussia. I don't know of any other children but suspect they had more. Supposedly they came to America about 1855-1857. That's all I know of them. Have a Great Day Mike ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message