Prince/Printz Family History
From "Brentz" in Duehren, Germany to "Printz" in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to "Prince" in Ohio and Beyond
Links to Other Useful Family Research Web Sites
The Library of Virginia has a great site with a lot of old documents from before 1789 -- e.g., land deeds, military commissions, etc. Very useful for researching this family line since it started in Page County (formerly Shenandoah County) Virginia. Also, because much of the family history in Virginia happened before the founding of the US government, the Virginia documents are not housed in the US National Archives. To visit it, go to http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ and click on the Search the LVA Catalog link.
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To search for pictures of graves throughout the US, findagrave.com is an invaluable resource. You can find 180+ Printz graves in Page County, Virginia alone.
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Public Records searchable database. (Like many genealogy resources, it is associated with the Mormon Church.)
https://familysearch.org/hr/search
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A map of Stony Man, Virginia from 1933.
http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=StonyMan33nw.jpg&state=VA
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Genealogy Message Boards
http://www.rootsweb.com/ - a great free site with message boards where you can search for an ancestors names. Be wary that the information is posted by well-meaning indivinot independently verified or validated by experts, so it is not always correct.
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The Page County, VA Genealogical Society Website
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapage2/ - this is a great site with links to lots of sites about families that also have their roots in Page County, Virginia.
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The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Other information on the site includes histories of Union and Confederate regiments, links to descriptions of significant battles, and selected lists of prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records, which will be amended over time.
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
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Stuttgart, Germany Archives with Section on Emigration from Duhren and other Areas
http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=en&suche=1
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A good general guide to genealogy for people just starting to research their family history (thanks to Ms. Loomis' class for sharing) - http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html
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Another family-oriented site built by the author of this site.
