I just had to pipe in on something that is disturbing, at least to me, in regard to our much vaunted Brethren Encyclopedia. For some time now there have been efforts underway to update the ministerial and congregational information. The amount of work has been daunting to say the least even with the Internet resources and those in the possession of my compatriots in the project. But hopefully later generations will appreciate the worthiness of the project. But the other day was the last straw of being silent. While working on a minister, Conway Tyson, I noted that the BE states that in 1914 he lived in, and I quote, Vannoy, SC. The source given was the 1914 almanac on page 62. Yet when you view the actual page you find that Conway Tyson lived in McBain, Michigan. Looking at other almanacs they all list him in the same place. I think the error is referenced in the aforementioned source wherein the minister George Washington Tucker lived in Vannoy, South Carolina. G. W. Tucker is listed five lines above that of Conway Tyson. And why for God's sake would you list a minister by his almanac source in lets say, 1918, and miss the 20 or so before that and the later ones??? They have some ministers living in Podunk, Iowa, and missed the other four or five places where he lived and served in the ministry! Did these people check anything? If it had been a hundred or so similar errors I would have chalked it up to simple errors. After hundreds and hundreds of such errors there is only one comment that can be made-poorly researched and even shoddier work. Some of the editorial staff are recognized as authoritative authors, and rightly so. Yet these same authors and staff did not check their own published books and made statements within the BE contradicted by those same published works! In Frustration, Wayne Webb P.S. The number of elders and ministers who have obituaries that clearly state as such within The Gospel Messenger and The Brethren Evangelist is truly astounding. Why was Winger's 1917 Indiana history missed for the most part? There are ministers and elders, with elections and ordinations, within that worthy volume who did not make it into the BE. Take a look at J. C. Murray, James C. Murray and John Clinton Murray. An interesting conundrum and having a large Brethren library and access to the Internet is a blessing!

Gale, They will be mailed right away.  There are some wonderful, applicable lessons in them.  We can be encouraged and challenged by the depth of Bible study in that time. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "gale honeyman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 9:48:07 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Teachers' Monthly Hello Sharon, Indeed the Brethren Heritage Center would be very grateful for these Sunday school quarterlies.  Older issues are difficult to come by. Our address is 428 No. Wolf Creek Street, Suite H1, Brookville, OH 45309-1297. Thank-you for thinking of us. Gale Honeyman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 7:34 PM Subject: [BRE] Brethren Teachers' Monthly > > List, > > I have about 30 copies of the Brethren Teachers' Monthly and Brethren > Advanced Quarterly from approx. 1912-1917. There is little or no family > history information, as these are methods books for teaching Sunday > school. There are some repeated names of of persons writing how-to > articles. > > The owner was a Myrtle Swihart Mishler who lived at Roann. I got them at a > yard sale in south central Indiana . Is the Brethren Historical Center the > logical repository for them ? > > Sharon Mills                                  ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN                                ------------------------                         Support Our Sponsoring Agency             The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected]                                ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

List, I have about 30 copies of the Brethren Teachers' Monthly and Brethren Advanced Quarterly  from approx. 1912-1917.  There is little or no family history information, as these are methods books for teaching Sunday school.  There are some repeated names of of persons writing how-to articles. The owner was a Myrtle Swihart Mishler who lived at Roann.  I got them at a yard sale in south central Indiana .  Is the Brethren Historical Center the logical repository for them ?  Sharon Mills

I've run across the last name "Nachtigall" in researching my Stover Brethren. I've never been sure how it was pronounced, but my aunt told me this weekend that a family of that name lived in Rapid City South Dakota, and were called the Nightingales.  I assume it is because Nachtigall means nightingale, but was this normal for this name to be switched to it's definition rather than a different pronounciation? Thanks Caitlin

Hello Sharon, Indeed the Brethren Heritage Center would be very grateful for these Sunday school quarterlies. Older issues are difficult to come by. Our address is 428 No. Wolf Creek Street, Suite H1, Brookville, OH 45309-1297. Thank-you for thinking of us. Gale Honeyman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 7:34 PM Subject: [BRE] Brethren Teachers' Monthly > > List, > > I have about 30 copies of the Brethren Teachers' Monthly and Brethren > Advanced Quarterly from approx. 1912-1917. There is little or no family > history information, as these are methods books for teaching Sunday > school. There are some repeated names of of persons writing how-to > articles. > > The owner was a Myrtle Swihart Mishler who lived at Roann. I got them at a > yard sale in south central Indiana . Is the Brethren Historical Center the > logical repository for them ? > > Sharon Mills

For a little over three years a group of Brethren have been working on finding a way to put all Brethren periodicals on the internet for free access by anyone interested. The group consists of folks from nearly all Brethren groups who trace their Brethren heritage back to Alexander Mack and the original eight from Schwarzenau, Germany. This includes all Brethren colleges, universities, archives, current publications and denominational headquarters. The periodicals included in this project are those from the beginning of Brethren publication with the Gospel Visitor in 1851 and continue though the year 2000. No archive has all of these publications, but among all of the institutions involved in this project, a nearly complete set is being assembled. The project is being financed by a grant with the required matching funds for the first phase already raised. As soon as these digitized documents begin appearing on www.archives.org volunteers will be needed to check each page to be sure each is acceptable and none are missing. If you are interested in helping with this please leave a message including your contact information on the Brethren Digital Archives website www.brethendigitalarchives.org. Larry Heisey, BDA Chairman

Judy, The 1799 Botetourt Brethren signers did use the name "German Baptists" to describe themselves in the petition, but they did not go beyond that term except to say that they were "Inhabitants of the County of Botetourt." At that time Botetourt was a very large county, including all of what is now Roanoke County. The Peters Creek Church on the north side of Salem, VA, became one of the better known Brethren churches in the area during the mid-1800s. As early as 1780 there was a concentration of Brethren in the Amsterdam-Daleville area of Botetourt south of Fincastle, but there was no organizational name given to it to my knowledge. Dwayne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J.A. Florian Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] (no subject) > > In a message dated 3/28/2011 12:30:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Many migrated to Botetourt around 1790 from Eastern Pennsylvania. As far > as I know, they did not have an organized church name. > > Dwayne Wrightsman Other migrating groups going from Frederick Co MD to Washington Co PA also didn't use what we'd expect to see as an "organized church name". But in official county records from 1810s and up, they called themselves "Fraternity of German Baptists", Later, the location name was added (at front or back), and ' Fraternity of ' was dropped, so they were "(Location name) German Baptists" or "German Baptists of (Location name)". Of course, "Church of the Brethren" was officially adopted later. Maybe the Botetourt group used the same or similar naming convention? If I hadn't widened my name search, I never would have found "Fraternity of German Baptists" used in deeds. Whichever ways the "parties" are written in the Deed is how they are indexed. So it might be worth it to check the Botetourt Deeds for entries of "Fraternity of German Baptists", "Botetourt Fraternity of..." or "Fraternity of G.B of Botetourt". Judy ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> > In a message dated 3/28/2011 12:30:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Many migrated to Botetourt around 1790 from Eastern Pennsylvania. As far > as I know, they did not have an organized church name. > > Dwayne Wrightsman Other migrating groups going from Frederick Co MD to Washington Co PA also didn't use what we'd expect to see as an "organized church name". But in official county records from 1810s and up, they called themselves "Fraternity of German Baptists", Later, the location name was added (at front or back), and ' Fraternity of ' was dropped, so they were "(Location name) German Baptists" or "German Baptists of (Location name)". Of course, "Church of the Brethren" was officially adopted later. Maybe the Botetourt group used the same or similar naming convention? If I hadn't widened my name search, I never would have found "Fraternity of German Baptists" used in deeds. Whichever ways the "parties" are written in the Deed is how they are indexed. So it might be worth it to check the Botetourt Deeds for entries of "Fraternity of German Baptists", "Botetourt Fraternity of..." or "Fraternity of G.B of Botetourt". Judy

You might try going to a library or go through inter-library-loan for a copy of "The Brethren of Botetourt County, Virginia, 1799" and "Brethren Roots of the Botetourt 42" which are back to back articles in BRETHREN ROOTS, Vol. 37, Number 3, Fall 2005, pp. 68-78. The list itself, in clear English, is on page 69. Bear in mind that these were heads of Brethren families that signed the petition. There were many more Brethren in Botetourt that did not sign the petition. A facsimile of the signatures written in the native German is on page 68. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] (no subject) Is there some where that these forty-two are listed? Is that list available somewhere? Dave Sloan In a message dated 3/28/2011 12:30:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Yes, there were many Brethren families living in Botetourt County prior to 1800. Forty-two heads of German Baptist Brethren families signed a petition, 13 December 1799, seeking exemption from fines for not attending muster. Some lived near Fincastle although most lived closer to Roanoke and Salem. The families were intermarried and quite familiar with one another. Many migrated to Botetourt around 1790 from Eastern Pennsylvania. As far as I know, they did not have an organized church name. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of GEORGE NEWMAN Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] (no subject) Were there any Church of the Brethren churches in the area of Fincastle area of Botetourt Co Virginia before 1800. George and Sherry IN GOD WE TRUST ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, I don't know if I responded to your comment or not. If I did not then please accept my apologies with the only one to offer, that I hope you will be accepting of, is that I have been extremely busy. If I did comment then please disregard this e-mail. Your comment about there actually having been a tombstone for Catharine 'Ziegler' Dedaker, daughter of Jacob and Sarah 'Mack' Ziegler, is of great interest but raises a question. Why then does her son have a last name of Davis? I have an article from the turn of the 20th Century that is very, very illuminating about the Germantown congregation. Within it her son is mentioned many times as having the last name of Davis. This is confirmed by several census records as well. I did copy the entirety of the article for my records but can not understand its non-inclusion in other published materials on the Germantown congregation. The congregation of Germantown owes Mr. Davis a debt of gratitude for what he did! He is buried there but I doubt there is a tombstone for him. An odd burial! Wayne Webb -----Original Message----- Wayne, I was just getting ready to do some research on that family, so I'm interested in the situation that you describe. The LDS Church filmed a book that has transcriptions of the headstones of the Burial Ground of the Germantown Church of the Brethren. I made photocopies of some of the pages from the book, including the page that has Catharine Dedaker (1790-1858) on it. Do you think that there has been a transcription in the name listed in the cemetery? Or some other kind of mistake or error? Thanks David Myers

Is there some where that these forty-two are listed? Is that list available somewhere? Dave Sloan In a message dated 3/28/2011 12:30:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Yes, there were many Brethren families living in Botetourt County prior to 1800. Forty-two heads of German Baptist Brethren families signed a petition, 13 December 1799, seeking exemption from fines for not attending muster. Some lived near Fincastle although most lived closer to Roanoke and Salem. The families were intermarried and quite familiar with one another. Many migrated to Botetourt around 1790 from Eastern Pennsylvania. As far as I know, they did not have an organized church name. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of GEORGE NEWMAN Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] (no subject) Were there any Church of the Brethren churches in the area of Fincastle area of Botetourt Co Virginia before 1800. George and Sherry IN GOD WE TRUST ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Ray. Yes, please do let me know if you find anything on Ann Bear. I appreciate your information. Kim Garrison Weyers Cave, VA

Jacob Bear descends from the Baer's in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. The Bears were early immigrants from the north down to Rockingham County and Christian Sr. formed a mill in Churchville, VA in 1802 which is still there. Many of the Baers were Brethren or Mennonite. I know that the early Bears in VA were probably baptised Methodist as there were not churches in the area at that time. I'm trying to track down an Ann Bear who married John Huff in Augusta County in 1811. If it is the right Ann, she would have been Brethren. I believe the Millers are related to Daniel Miller of Franklin Co. PA who were Brethren. When I see Susan U.... I think Ullery. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Garrison" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 3:48:09 PM Subject: [BRE] Brethren in Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, VA Can anyone identify Brethren people interred in Elk Run Cemetery in Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia? Most appear to be Scots-Irish. I am trying to assist someone creating an article noting the Brethren buried in this cemetery. Thanks! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/elkrun01_01.htm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=427828 Kim D. Garrison Weyers Cave, VA Sent from my iPad > >> >> >> > ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Today, we updated our online database with over 16,000 new names bringing our online total to over 681,000 linked names. Most of these names are of Brethren or Mennonite extraction. Please see: http://familyhart.info Thanks! Don & Jeanine Hartman FamilyHart http://familyhart.info [email protected] Rootsweb List Admins for: Pennsylvania, PADutchGenONLY, Penna-Dutch, PAYork, PA-York-Gen, MD-Fred-Gen, MDWashin, Burket, Dierdorff, Gotshall, Glattfelder, Hartman, Kohr, Kaufman, Shirk, Sturm USGENWEB CCs for: Adams Co., PA; Franklin Co., PA: Lancaster Co., PA; York Co., PA; Frederick Co., MD; Washington Co., MD Any genealogical information sent to FamilyHart grants permission to use that information for any genealogical purposes by FamilyHart.

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Can anyone identify Brethren people interred in Elk Run Cemetery in Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia? Most appear to be Scots-Irish. I am trying to assist someone creating an article noting the Brethren buried in this cemetery. Thanks! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/elkrun01_01.htm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=427828 Kim D. Garrison Weyers Cave, VA Sent from my iPad > >> >> >> >

I am not familiar with this particular situation, but I know the cemeteries in Somerset County, PA had transcriptions made of tombstones for many of the old cemeteries in the county during the Depression by the WPA. The WPA listings have errors, which can be related to misreading a tombstone, or any number of other reasons. Unfortunately, these transcriptions are often all you have since the tombstones in their current state are illegible, or the cemetery has since been removed for highway's or other works of progress. In any case, a transcription is second hand information and thus not infallible. That being said, thank goodness someone had the foresight back in the 1930's to document these old cemeteries before they were lost to history all together. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Myers Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] Mack family Wayne, I was just getting ready to do some research on that family, so I'm interested in the situation that you describe. The LDS Church filmed a book that has transcriptions of the headstones of the Burial Ground of the Germantown Church of the Brethren. I made photocopies of some of the pages from the book, including the page that has Catharine Dedaker (1790-1858) on it. Do you think that there has been a transcription in the name listed in the cemetery? Or some other kind of mistake or error? Thanks David Myers On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:26:34 -0400 "A. Wayne Webb" <[email protected]> writes: > One of the descendants of Alexander Mack was Catherine Ziegler who > was the > daughter of, supposedly, Jacob Ziegler and Sarah Margretta Mack. > Who did > Catherine Ziegler marry? And I don't want to hear "Mr. Dedaker" as > I have > incontrovertible proof that that is, to put it nicely, hogwash! > Unless of > course one of our elders and historians at the turn of 20th Century > was wet > behind the ears! Also, Dedaker is not a surname, but Zedaker is. > I found > another lost piece of history not included in the BE, hooray! > > > > Wayne Webb ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wayne, I was just getting ready to do some research on that family, so I'm interested in the situation that you describe. The LDS Church filmed a book that has transcriptions of the headstones of the Burial Ground of the Germantown Church of the Brethren. I made photocopies of some of the pages from the book, including the page that has Catharine Dedaker (1790-1858) on it. Do you think that there has been a transcription in the name listed in the cemetery? Or some other kind of mistake or error? Thanks David Myers On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:26:34 -0400 "A. Wayne Webb" <[email protected]> writes: > One of the descendants of Alexander Mack was Catherine Ziegler who > was the > daughter of, supposedly, Jacob Ziegler and Sarah Margretta Mack. > Who did > Catherine Ziegler marry? And I don't want to hear "Mr. Dedaker" as > I have > incontrovertible proof that that is, to put it nicely, hogwash! > Unless of > course one of our elders and historians at the turn of 20th Century > was wet > behind the ears! Also, Dedaker is not a surname, but Zedaker is. > I found > another lost piece of history not included in the BE, hooray! > > > > Wayne Webb ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210

From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Elder Willaim Burger Sell from Pennsylvania to Clinton County Missouri Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:19:15 -0600 William Burger Sell [b. Feb 1, 1840/d. Nov 23, 1928] was the son of Jacob Sell and Elizabeth Burger. W. B.'s father Jacob was a brother to Daniel Sell who married Rachel Detweiler. Listed among the charter members of the Smith Fork/Plattsburg church, organized August 3, 1866 are Abraham [Burger] Sell and wife [Emelia Susannah Gruber] [brother to W. B.]; George Sell and wife [Elizabeth Kephart] [brother to Daniel Detweiler Sell] William B. [Burger] Sell and wife [Catherine Knoll]; Jacob Sell and wife [Elizabeth Burger]; and Daniel Detweiler Sell. Most likely these families were all part of the colony from Blair County PA who arrived in spring of 1866. W. B. Sell was called to the ministry in the Hamilton church located near the Caldwell and Daviess County lines in Missouri, December 25, 1868. The Hamilton group was organized in his 18 x 28 ft carpentry shop on August 19, 1868 with Elders Christian Long and John Metzger of Illinois present for the organization. W. B. was ordained to the eldership in the Long Branch Church, Harrison county, MO, Sept 11, 1877 with Elders S. A. Garber and L. M. Kob of Iowa presiding. Sometime in the 1890's W. B. moved to southeastern Kansas where he later joined the Brethren Church before his death in 1928.

This material is taken from D. D. Sell's obituary which appeared in the Gospel Messenger, June 25, 1927, p. 411. In the spring of 1866, at the age of 23, Daniel D. Sell came in a colony of 40 people, including children, from Blair County, PA to Clinton County Missouri. He was born May 23, 1843 near Newry, Blair County, PA, the son of Daniel Sell and Rachel Detweiler and one of eight brothers, two of whom were also ministers: David Detweiler Sell and James Arnold Sell who remained in PA. In August 1866 those already living in the area and the newly arrived colony members gathered in council to organize a church. D. D. Sell rode mule-back 160 miles for elders [from KS] to officiate at this service. A Love Feast was held in October, 1866. At the second Love Feast, October 1867, D. D. Sell was called to the ministry. [With no resident elder to help, D. D. began almost immediately to serve the church to the best of his ability.] He was advanced in the ministry four months later and at the age of 27 he was ordained to the eldership. [This was an unusual step to place one so young in the eldership, but it demonstrates the need for ministers at this time on the edge of the frontier.] His education was limited and he felt strongly about his lack of training, but he secured books and spent many hours in study after the farmwork was done. On Feb. 22, 1872 he was united in marriage to Leah Hendricks [dau. of David and Malinda Hendricks]. Six children were born to this union. His death occurred April 29, 1927 following a severe attack of influenza. He was 83 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age at his death, having served 48 years in the active ministry of the Smith Fork/Walnut Grove/Plattsburg Church of the Brethren.