Henry Rightmyer the 1744 immigrant was a member of the German Reformed church in Reading PA and the familty remained German Reformed until my grandfather Lewis moved th Chester, PA, in the 1880's, married an Episcopalian, and joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester. We've been Episcopalians since. The German Reformed Church in Reading became part of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and when that denomiation merged with the Congregational Christians to form the United Church of Christ it became First UCC Church. The Wikipedia article on Bruchsal says it was Catholic. The Woessingen church near Durlach is Reformed and that makes me think that Henry - and Felicitas Froebel his mother - were from that community. But I don't know if those records have been transcribed or copied and are available anywhere. Can one of our members help? Tom Rightmyer trightmy@juno.com Asheville, NC On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:41:36 EST ToySchach@aol.com writes: > > > > Am 09.01.2009 um 02:12 schrieb Thomas Rightmyer: > > > While English-speaking port authorities and others have > found > > lots of ways to spell my surname all the records I can find > written by > > family members spell it as I do. > > > > But I have no idea how it was spelled in Baden. My > immigrant > > ancestor's name has come down in the family as Henry Rightmyer. > He > > landed > > in Philadelphia in 1744 from Amsterdam and said he was from > > Unterwoessingen nr. Durlach. I have found Woessingen northeast > of > > Karlsruhe and Durlach, but have no idea how to proceed further. > > > > > > Try Unteröwisheim which is a city in the Bruchsal district. > > Kent > > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is > making > headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Tom Rightmyer trightmy@juno.com Asheville, NC ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find old friends, lovers or family. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw3ZEa0wKlkLiNOMefmxifqs5r1s0huMjMjGKPDJDI2xiiuTS/