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Erbach
Odenwald region of Hessen. Home of the Preiss family from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s.
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| Erbach, Lutheran church and town hall. |
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| Erbach, count's palace at left and Lutheran church at right. |
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| Erbach, Lutheran church at left. |
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| Han Wilhelm Preiss' birth record from 1688 in Erbach. |
Gadernheim
Odenwald region of Hessen. Home of the Preiss family from the mid-1700s until immigration in 1831.
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| Gadernheim. |
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| Gadernheim, smith, possible home of Preiss family. |
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| Gadernheim, town hall. |
Reichenbach
Site of Preiss' parish church while the family lived in Gadernheim.
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| Reichenbach, Lutheran church where records on the Preiss family were kept. |
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| Christian Preiss' birth record, with note that he immigrated in 1831. |
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| Nicholas Preiss' birth record, with note that he immigrated in 1831. |
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| Nicholas Preiss' signature from church records. |
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| Darmstadt, palace of the grand-dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt, who ruled the area the Preiss lived. |
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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