The Pinters of Bureau County, Illinois

A History of The Pinter Family of Bureau County, Illinois, USA   -   by Ken Pinter

                    original issue 6/29/2008

                    updated December 2009

                    Note: All documents are in PDF format  (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)                                     

        Cover and Forward  (Updated)

        Introduction (Updated)

        Chapter 1 - The Surname Issue (Updated)

        Chapter 2 - The Punters of Switzerland before 1850 (Updated)

        Chapter 3 - Stafa, Zurich, Switzerland (Updated)

        Chapter 4 - Heinrich and Elizabeth's early Years in America

                        1840 to 1880 (Updated)

        Chapter 5 - Henry and Jacob's Families - 1880 to 1930 (Updated)

        Chapter 6 - Details of the Jacob Pinter Family (Updated)

        Chapter 7 - Details of the Henry Pinter Family (Updated)

        Chapter 8 - Early Farm Life in Bureau County (Updated)

        Appendix A - Property Holdings (Updated)

        Appendix B - Picture Album (Updated)

        Appendix C - Miscellaneous Images (Updated)

 NEW Stuff

        Addendum - The Expanded Swiss/German Connection        *** New ***

        Addendum - Heinrich and Elizabeth's Entry into the United States    *** New ***

        Photo Gallery of The Pünter Homeland in Switzerland     *** Updated ***

        Photo Gallery of the Hohenbrunner Homeland in Germany     *** New ***

        Addendum - Translations

        Link to family tree on rootsweb.com

        Addendum - The Pinter/Wunder/Weissenberger/Croissant Connection    *** New ***

Coming Soon

        Addendum - The Gustav Pinter Family

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