George, There is a BEERHALTER listed in the LDS IGI Files at FamilySearch that seems to fit your family. I suggest you visit your local LDS Family History Center and rent the referenced microfilm ( #0896162) to find what village the family is from. ====================== IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 MORIZ BEERHALTER Pedigree Birth: 12 MAR 1825 Father: PATRIZ BEERHALTER Mother: MARIA ANNA RINGER Spouse: MARIA ANNA HUMMEL Marriage: 01 FEB 1859 Sankt Leonhard Katholisch, Kottspiel, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. Batch No.: M956811 1858 - 1885 0896162 ====================== At 02:02 AM 1/17/2009, you wrote: >From: GEORGE <greamer@FASTMAIL.FM> >Subject: [BW] Beerhalter >To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG@rootsweb.com > >Greetings -- This is my first post to this maillist. I have been >working for many years on a line of "Beerhalter" which emmigrated to >Philadelphia PA shortly before or around 1850. The names which interest >me are Henry (my ancestor) and Henry's brothers, Charles and Moritz. I >have naturaltization information on the two latter, but have never been >able to get any for Henry. I know that Henry had a daughter born in >Philadelphia in 1855, named Sophia, and that Henry married a woman by >the name of Margrete Ege. Henry died in Spring Bay, ILL near Peoria in >1859. > >I know absolutely nothing about the parentage of the three >brothers.except that the U.S. census states the brothers were from >Wuerttemberg which they list for almost all immigrants. Any help would >be appreciated. I have seen the namwe in the 1850 census spelled as >Bierhaltre. > >George Reamer greamer@fastmail.fm ____________________________________________________________ Click here to get you high school diploma (GED) in days http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx8RviHwa8nhZoY1bAN1HSZbvi8XEodELWwI2BWCSpIjtNUpO/