Oops - Winchester is NOT part of Shenandoah County , which I believe was the original question. It is part of Frederick County, which is Shenandoah's parent county. However, Winchester is part of the Shenandoah Valley, as the other posted replies have stated. -----Original Message----- From: John Helmut Merz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 30, 1999 4:32 PM Subject: Help wanted for SHENANDOAH County. >I have got the book here "A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, >by John W. Wayland, and although I have been through the Valley myself, >I am not to familiar with todays County boundaries. For instance, does >Winchester still belong to the present day Shenandoah County? >The book itself reports lots of the Winchester people, and while >searching for a name (Philipp Klipstein) I came across another name >on page 629 - Dr. Frederick Decies, Hessian surgeon. His daughter Ann >married a Henry Prince, son of Phillip Printz (probably an old settler) > >Now Nancy Rice Kiddoo in her 182 names of Hessians in Frederick, MD, >has listed a Surgeon's Mate Zeiss, of the von Bose Regt., and later >he is identified as Hieronymus Zeiss who married 1783 at Frederick. >I just wonder whether or not there is a connection. > >Cheers, John. > >______________________________