Research in Voigsland
I am looking for the next step in finding information on william Sonnenstuhl B 1832, PID k2qz-s3p. Have some records from the sons obituary with a location of Voigsland, Province of East Prussia, Germany. Would the Meyers Orts be good to look at and is it in English? Where else might I look?
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Hello Jan,
I can't find any place in East Prussia called Voigsland.According to Meyers Gazetteer there are places called Voigtsdorf or Voigtshof (https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=voig).
On William Sonnenstuhl's page his birth place is given as "Vogelsang, Mecklenburg, East Prussia, Germany". Note that Mecklenburg and East Prussia are different areas of Germany. In both areas there are several places called "Vogelsang" (https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=vogelsang).
It would help if you can narrow down the birth place to one of these areas and determine the correct name of the place.
The surname Sonnenstuhl is quite rare. There were some instances of this name in East Prussia near Braunsberg (now Braniewo) (see https://nvk.genealogy.net/map/1890:sonnenstuhl). Looking at the map in Meyers one can find places called Vogelsang and Sonnenstuhl near Braunsberg (see below). It is possible that the family name Sonnenstuhl originated from this place name.
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Thank you.
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