I have finally gotten a document from my dad concerning my grandfather Max Preuss. He was born Max Karl Preuss on 7 December 1904 or 1906 in Insterburg Prussia. He married Johanne Furmat. I know they ended up in Schleswig. He was a Russian Pow of which I can't fing records. I would like to know if my ancestors can be traced in Prussia or have all the records been destroyed from war? I do know that neither of my grandparents ever came to America. My mother left and ended up in England. I know I have relatives in Schleswig and have tried contacting them, My uncle Gunter I believe passed away recently and My aunt Edith does not reply. I am left to research on my own with the help of my fellow Prussia ancestors and friends. Any assistance would be appreciated. Helen Moyer

Hello Helen There are quite a number of records that survived the war. If you want to learn about conducting Prussian genealogy research, I have several hundred articles, links and thousands (over 20 GB) of documents on my site. Here are some links, tutorials, etc.: http://www.many-roads.com/libraries/prussia-histories/ http://www.many-roads.com/key-topics/tips-opinions-pointers/ If you'd like to chat directly, please contact me off list and we can arrange a time. Pax Vobiscum, ...mark (Mark Rabideau) ManyRoads Family Genealogist (Rabideau-Henss Family); *Professional Genealogist * *Visit us at: http://many-roads.com <http://many-roads.com/> * *Snail mail at: *711 Nob Hill Trail - Franktown,CO USA - 80116-8717 *phone:*+1.303.660.9400 *fax:*+1.303.660.9217 *member:*Association of Professional Genealogists & National Genealogical Society _____________________________________________________________________ *"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."* Rabbit, Pooh's Little Instruction Book (Winnie the Pooh) On 04/08/2012 08:59 AM, The Moyer Home wrote: > I have finally gotten a document from my dad concerning my grandfather Max > Preuss. He was born Max Karl Preuss on 7 December 1904 or 1906 in > Insterburg Prussia. He married Johanne Furmat. I know they ended up in > Schleswig. He was a Russian Pow of which I can't fing records. I would > like to know if my ancestors can be traced in Prussia or have all the > records been destroyed from war? I do know that neither of my grandparents > ever came to America. My mother left and ended up in England. I know I > have relatives in Schleswig and have tried contacting them, My uncle Gunter > I believe passed away recently and My aunt Edith does not reply. I am left > to research on my own with the help of my fellow Prussia ancestors and > friends. Any assistance would be appreciated. Helen Moyer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Helen, all church records of Insterburg which are still available are filmed by the LDS church, see here: https://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=386654&subject_disp=Germany%2C+Preu%26%23xdf%3Ben%2C+Ostpreu%26%23xdf%3Ben%2C+Insterburg+%2D+Church+records&columns=*,0,0 First you should determine which religion your ancestors belonged to (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish) to choose the right film. These records/films have some gaps and some end already before 1900. So it's maybe helpful to know that the civil records of Insterburg (which are more detailed than the church records) from 1876 to 1938 are in the Civil Registry No. I in Berlin. Sincerely, Stefan Rückling Stefan Rückling Berlin, Germany http://www.rueckling.de/english/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Moyer Home" <rmoyer1@twcny.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 4:59 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] researching surname of Preuss >I have finally gotten a document from my dad concerning my grandfather Max > Preuss. He was born Max Karl Preuss on 7 December 1904 or 1906 in > Insterburg Prussia. He married Johanne Furmat. I know they ended up in > Schleswig. He was a Russian Pow of which I can't fing records. I would > like to know if my ancestors can be traced in Prussia or have all the > records been destroyed from war? I do know that neither of my > grandparents > ever came to America. My mother left and ended up in England. I know I > have relatives in Schleswig and have tried contacting them, My uncle > Gunter > I believe passed away recently and My aunt Edith does not reply. I am > left > to research on my own with the help of my fellow Prussia ancestors and > friends. Any assistance would be appreciated. Helen Moyer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >