Hello Amrev-Hessians - Sunday morning - trying to clean up some more of that pile on my desk, found a note on top - Henry Bittenhelzer - remembered that we talked about him on this list just last month, meaning that note is not too old. Note says: Henry BITTENHELZER (Pittenhelser), married 5. April 1788, to Elizabeth BEARD, born 1757/58, died 1793. The Marriage Bond, dated 3. April 1788 identifies her as the sister of Jacob BEARD, who was the Bondsman, and the marriage was performed by Simon HARR. Elizabeth must have died shortly after the marriage, as Henry married again on 6. Aug. 1793 to Barbara DURST. Father of Elizabeth was Zacharias BARD born ca. 1719 in Germany. This marriage entry I found in John W. Wayland's "A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, page 756, actually, Henry's first marriage is on page 749. (Whoa - better sell this book before it drives me nuts - here is the wedding of Henry Liller on page 746, I have it on eBay for 2 more days.) Now I am going to file this away, let Suzanne Baird and Karen Moore take over on this one. So it won't be lost, here is also a website http://www.genfiles.com/baird/bairdzach.htm and look for footnote 43. Have a nice Sunday John Helmut Merz