Welcome to the GenConnect - Rootsweb message board for the surname
WEISS. This board is for posting queries relating to the surname
WEISS and variants such as
WEISZ and
WEIS. ThatÂ’s anyone, anywhere, anytime!
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DATE in your query. That’s the basic “who, where, when?” of any query. If you don’t have a specific date, give us a guesstimate. Place the surnames in ALL
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Other boards that make up this SUITE for the surname WEISS:
WEISS Bibles:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For posting
WEISS bible record transcripts or abstracts. Cite the source wherever and whenever possible.
WEISS Biographical Sketches:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For sharing
WEISS family or
WEISS individual biographies and sketches. COPYRIGHTED materials: Do NOT post copyrighted materials without having the written permission of the copyright holder. Cite your source(s)!
WEISS Deeds:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For posting abstracted or transcribed
WEISS deeds (and other land- or property-related records). Again, cite that source!
WEISS Obituaries:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For posting
WEISS obituaries. Some obituaries may be copyrighted. When in doubt -- ask the publisher for permission to post. Cite and recite.
WEISS Pensions:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For posting
WEISS military, railroad, government, and other pension papers.
WEISS Wills:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Weiss...For posting abstracted or transcribed
WEISS wills and other probate-related documents.
About me and my
WEISS connection: My last
WEISS ancestor is difficult to identify. I say that because both my great-grandfather, Francis Shelly
WEISS and his father, Henry
Latchar WEISS, no longer used that spelling when they died. Henry and Frank were spelling their last name as
WISE by then. So, IÂ’ll give you my brickwall ancestor instead. HeÂ’s
Killian WEISS. He was born 15 Dec 1751, probably in southeastern
Pennsylvania. He married Catherine
Ziegler LANDIS circa 1785. They were the parents of at least nine children: Anna,
Killian, John, Jacob, George, Samuel, Katherine, Henry, and
Hannah. Killian died 16 Feb 1840 at
Hereford township, Peensylvania. Catherine died 21 Mar 1876. Samuel
LANDIS WEISS was the father of Henry
Latchar WEISS..
My genealogical studies began officially in late January 1976 and much of the time since then has been in used pursuing my southern U.S. lines. I did pursue my WEISS-WISE from time to time over the years, but it wasnÂ’t until early 1997 that I decided to pursue the interconnecting families and first attempted to retrace the steps of another cousinÂ’s pursuit of our
WEISS immigrant. That cousin, Walter “Bud”
WISE as of 1980 had identified KillianÂ’s father as George
WEISS and linked him back to a man who supposedly had no children who survived to adulthood. I have yet to contact BudÂ’s wife and children to take a look at his later notes. IÂ’ve been so distracted by the findings of the interconnected families that I havenÂ’t had time.
I hope to share my
WEISS research using both GenConnect and my own Web site -
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/karon_bosze (stop by and take a peek!). And I hope that you will share your research efforts as well!
If you have any questions or comments, donÂ’t hesitate to contact me:
boszek@doubled.comLook forward to hearing from yÂ’all and I wish each of you tremendous luck in all your genealogical searches!
-- Karon
