By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Winter 2008 and Revised 29 Nov 2008
For the earliest period in American history, say from 1620 to 1700, researchers have a fairly good record showing the countries of birth of the immigrants in the various Prentice, Prentis and Prentiss families.
There was, however, a large inflow of Prentice, Prentis and Prentiss families after that time from England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and other countries. In reviewing U. S. census records for 1790 and later, we note that many such census records do not contain information about their place of birth.
In our database, we have a great many folks who have been traced back to that period, many of whom undoubtedly were born outside the United States, but we have no way to connect them to the many Prentice, Prentis and Prentiss families in other countries about whom we have information.
If you have information about a Prentice, Prentis or Prentiss who you believe may have emigrated to the United States in the period from the early 1700s to 1850, and if we have not previously corresponded, we would surely like to hear from you and perhaps we can help you in tracing your roots further back in time.
If you have any information about the folks mentioned in this article, please send your information to us at the Prentice Newsletter. Be sure to give the full title and date of this article in the Subject line of the email.
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