I would find their paperwork: becoming a American, death, Obit from a Newspaper and the county they lived in where they lived. Did they come thru Ellis Island or another port? I will check Ancestry for you on the 1880's. Kathy in NJ In a message dated 8/14/2009 10:24:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Mike, For me the breakthrough was in the Church books in the 'new' country - if you have not looked at them for the places your family lived to try and now do so. Prussia is far to big to search just by surnames, even uncommon ones. The clues will be near at hand, if not easily found. I'm sure Maureen's link will give you places you can spend many more years looking! Good luck, Bronwyn. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Michael Nelson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------- 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