I didn't mean to imply that Johann is the part that was misindexed--it was the KARCHER/KACHER spelling. I can see how S&H saw it that way but the signature clearly looks like KARCHER to me. I think this threw Annette Burgert off too--because she didn't find his ship record or any American records for him--only the notation in Alsace that said he went to America. He DID sign his own name on the ship list--and to me the R in there pretty clearly. It also matches fairly closely his signature on his mother-in-law's estate settlement in Berks County, PA. BTW...as an aside...Georg KARCHER eventually migrated to North Carolina where his name evolved to George CORRIHER. The descendants of this family use the CORRIHER spelling. Joan In a message dated 10/21/2008 2:36:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rt-sails@comcast.net writes: Re: ".. Johann Georg KARCHER came to America on board the Betsy in 1768 (where he is misindexed in Strassburger and Hinke's PA German Pioneers as Georg KACHER)" This might not be such a mis-indexing as one might imagine. In this instance, Johann may represent the "saint's name", used primarily in a religious context and not typically used in public. Georg would have been the name commonly used outside the church. Without looking it up, I'm not sure whether the statement relates to the A, B or C lists. If the former, this name would have come off the ship manifest. If either of the latter, it would have come off the oath lists that Herr KARCHER signed. We can hardly fault Misters Strassburger & Hinke for failing to supply a name which was not on the original documents they viewed -- about 150 years after the event. My previous reviews of their work indicate that they were careful to accurately transcribe what was written. -rt_/) **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)