Good Morning, Listers, I hope you don't mind if I print a correction to the Arnold Haupt file as I know the information 4will be secure in our archives. Also, the biographer wrote the following: "Haupt was a devout member of the Hessagra church (as near as we can give it an English letter)." http://genforum.genealogy.com/haupt/messages/504.html Can anyone identify this church denomination? Warm regards, Jane Curci wmcurci@aol.com Per John Merz: ARNOLD HAUPT. Hetrina II volume: running number 4872-73, born 1746/47 at Roemersberg D3581 (this is an old postal code) He was a private with the Hesse-Kassel Regiment v.Donop, 5.Comp.,and he deserted from his unit in June of 1778. Haupt was a devout member of the Hessagra church (as near as we can give it an English letter. Subj: Arnold Haupt family correction Date: 2/15/2005 9:56:01 AM Eastern Standard Time From: rhhaupt@yahoo.com (Bob Haupt) Hello fellow Haupt researchers, Unfortunately, there is a correction to the Arnold Haupt family ancestry. It has been stated that Johannes Haupt of Roemersberg "was believed" to be Johannes Haupt of Wetzlar, born Jan. 16, 1659 and son to Philip Balthasar and Maria Haupt. Well, the problem is, on Jan 16, 1659, a DAUGHTER named Johannet was born to Philip and Maria. She married Hans Georg Muller on Oct 2, 1687 and died on April 24, 1730. Along with some great help from Jane Curci (thanks again Jane), this information was collected from: 1) An index card entry showing the birth of Johannet on Jan 16, 1659 to Philip and Maria. 2) The actual church record for Jan 16 1659, which, according to Dr Meitzing at the Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland (Ev. Archivstelle Boppard, which is where the church records are kept) states that a daughter named Johannat was born to Philip and Maria. 3) An index card entry showing Joanna, daughter of Philip and Maria, marrying Hans Georg Muller. 4) A chart from the city of Wetzlar (I do not know who created it) showing the birth, marriage, and death dates of Johannet. All of the dates match the dates with the above sources. If you would like, I could email you a copy of any (or all) of the above documents. We have contacted Ray Haupt and it appears that he has removed this information from his website. Needless to say, but this is still the best website for Haupt Family information that I know of. And Haupt families everywhere are truly indebted to Ray for all of the work he has done for us. I, personally, am disappointed with this correction. I have traced my family back to the Wetzlar Haupts and it was nice thinking that Arnold Haupt was somehow related. But who knows, he still may be. We just have to keep looking. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Good luck with your research, Bob Haupt RHHAUPT@YAHOO.COM