Hello Do you know the lineage of Hannah Booher that you mentioned? I'm unable to place her. Dates. Places etc> Thank you Mary Ann Booher -------------------------------------------------- From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:28 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > Hello "another Bigler cousin" Gale. Glad to know how we are related. Have > enjoyed your postings to the list for a long time. > > > > And yes, I was also thrilled to learn some of the ancestry of Marx Bigler. > And to answer your question, yes we have Mark's grandparents on both lines > and one more generation back from one of his great grandmothers! Also > Mark > has two more brothers, Hans Jacob and Hans George. So I have lots more > information to share. > > > > I spent a great deal of time about 33 years ago compiling a thick ring > binder of research notes on him over a 2 year period before I gave up. > Then > about 10 years ago my youngest daughter invited my husband and I to visit > them in Germany, where her husband was stationed with the Air Force. So I > re-read all my Bigler notes and went to Germany, naively intending to find > our Mark. Of course that did not happen! > > > > In those days internet service in our remote community was dialup and pay > long distance charges. But a few days after we got home I decided to join > AOL, because they had a great genealogy site. I paid my fees, logged on > the > site, typed in "Mark Bigler", and there he was - in Hunspach! Only a 2 > hour > drive from where I had just spent 2 weeks!! > > > > What I had found was the book, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the > Northern Alsace to America" by Annette Kunselman Burgert, FGSP,FASG, > published by Picton Press, copyright 1992, pages 71-74. Perhaps you know > Mrs. Burgert. If you do not have access to this book it would be well > worth > it obtain a copy. If you need it, I can send you her address. The same > information also appears in "Early German Settlers of York County, > Pennsylvania" by Keith A. Dull, published by Willow Bend Books, copyright > 1997, page 180. I rented a microfilmed copy of the Parish Registers of the > Evangelical Reformed Church of Hunspach, Alsace (now Bas Rhin) France, and > spent the next year reading it, all the while learning to read the old > German script. > > > > The next year we went to Germany again. Our daughter loaned us a car, > took > us by the Archives of Bas Rhin, put us in a hotel outside of Strasburg, > and > left us there for a week. The above mentioned original parish registers > are > there but can only be read on microfilm, and you have to make an > appointment > a couple of weeks in advance to use a microfilm reader. (This may have > changed since then.) So, since I had already extracted the family and > collateral lines from the microfilm, I spent my time searching the notary > records. A notary was like an attorney, and they handled the legal > matters, > including the distribution of estates. It was there that I found the > mothers > that the parish records did not name, and got one more generation back on > another. What a thrill to handle the 300+ year old books of original > documents and to read the actual signatures of some of our ancestors, and > to > learn a little about their lives!! > > > > I did not have the privilege of meeting Norman Burns, but I corresponded > with him. He did not have any more copies of his book, but he very kindly > made me a photo copy of his personal copy, which contains many hand > written > notes and additional information that he obtained after the book was > published. (Maybe you have those too.) Unfortunately, I did not think to > let > him know that Mark had been found. I don't know if he was still living at > that time. The book (78 pages) that he worked on with Frank and Sherman > Brough follows the lines of Mark's son Jacob for 4 generations down to > Jacob > G. Bigler who was my great, great grandfather. > > > > I did, however, meet Frank Brough (another cousin), and shared the > information with him before he died. He was also the author of "Freely I > Gave, the Life of Jacob G. Bigler". Jacob G. Bigler was the son of Mark > Bigler (and Susannah Ogden), who was the son of Jacob Bigler (and Hannah > Booher, who migrated to Enterprise, Virginia), who was the son of Mark I. > > > > None of these three books are still in print, but I might be able to get > copies that were made by a couple of other relatives with permission of > their respective authors. > > > > N. H. Goodman > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of gale honeyman > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > > > > Enter another Bigler cousin through Elizabeth Bigler and Henry Eller, the > first. > > > > First off, I am thrilled for the baptismal record of Marx and his brother > Michael. This is totally new information to me. Am I to presume that > these > were the only two in the Hunspach registry, or were there others? Is > anything further known of Hans Thomas and Anna Maria? > > > > > ------------------------ > 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

Mary Ann, I am going to be out of town for a couple of days before I can look up what information I have on the Boohers. In the mean time I will forward your questions to another cousin, by the name of Cathryn Adams, who has done extensive research on the Boohers. N. H. Goodman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Ann Booher Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago Hello Do you know the lineage of Hannah Booher that you mentioned? I'm unable to place her. Dates. Places etc> Thank you Mary Ann Booher -------------------------------------------------- From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:28 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > Hello "another Bigler cousin" Gale. Glad to know how we are related. > Have enjoyed your postings to the list for a long time. > > And yes, I was also thrilled to learn some of the ancestry of Marx Bigler. > And to answer your question, yes we have Mark's grandparents on both > lines and one more generation back from one of his great > grandmothers! Also Mark has two more brothers, Hans Jacob and Hans > George. So I have lots more information to share. > > I spent a great deal of time about 33 years ago compiling a thick ring > binder of research notes on him over a 2 year period before I gave up. > Then about 10 years ago my youngest daughter invited my husband and I to > visit them in Germany, where her husband was stationed with the Air > Force. So I re-read all my Bigler notes and went to Germany, naively > intending to find our Mark. Of course that did not happen! > > In those days internet service in our remote community was dialup and > pay long distance charges. But a few days after we got home I decided > to join AOL, because they had a great genealogy site. I paid my fees, > logged on the site, typed in "Mark Bigler", and there he was - in > Hunspach! Only a 2 hour drive from where I had just spent 2 weeks!! > What I had found was the book, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the > Northern Alsace to America" by Annette Kunselman Burgert, FGSP,FASG, > published by Picton Press, copyright 1992, pages 71-74. Perhaps you know > Mrs. Burgert. If you do not have access to this book it would be well > worth it obtain a copy. If you need it, I can send you her address. The same > information also appears in "Early German Settlers of York County, > Pennsylvania" by Keith A. Dull, published by Willow Bend Books, copyright > 1997, page 180. I rented a microfilmed copy of the Parish Registers of the > Evangelical Reformed Church of Hunspach, Alsace (now Bas Rhin) France, and > spent the next year reading it, all the while learning to read the old > German script. > > The next year we went to Germany again. Our daughter loaned us a car, > took us by the Archives of Bas Rhin, put us in a hotel outside of Strasburg, > and left us there for a week. The above mentioned original parish registers > are there but can only be read on microfilm, and you have to make an > appointment a couple of weeks in advance to use a microfilm reader. (This may have > changed since then.) So, since I had already extracted the family and > collateral lines from the microfilm, I spent my time searching the notary > records. A notary was like an attorney, and they handled the legal > matters, including the distribution of estates. It was there that I found the > mothers that the parish records did not name, and got one more generation back on > another. What a thrill to handle the 300+ year old books of original documents and to read the actual signatures of some of our ancestors, and > to learn a little about their lives!! > > I did not have the privilege of meeting Norman Burns, but I corresponded > with him. He did not have any more copies of his book, but he very kindly > made me a photo copy of his personal copy, which contains many hand > written notes and additional information that he obtained after the book was > published. (Maybe you have those too.) Unfortunately, I did not think to > let him know that Mark had been found. I don't know if he was still living at > that time. The book (78 pages) that he worked on with Frank and Sherman > Brough follows the lines of Mark's son Jacob for 4 generations down to > Jacob G. Bigler who was my great, great grandfather. > > I did, however, meet Frank Brough (another cousin), and shared the > information with him before he died. He was also the author of "Freely I > Gave, the Life of Jacob G. Bigler". Jacob G. Bigler was the son of Mark > Bigler (and Susannah Ogden), who was the son of Jacob Bigler (and Hannah > Booher, who migrated to Enterprise, Virginia), who was the son of Mark I. > > None of these three books are still in print, but I might be able to get > copies that were made by a couple of other relatives with permission of > their respective authors. > >N. H. Goodman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of gale honeyman > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > > Enter another Bigler cousin through Elizabeth Bigler and Henry Eller, the > first. > First off, I am thrilled for the baptismal record of Marx and his brother > Michael. This is totally new information to me. Am I to presume that > these were the only two in the Hunspach registry, or were there others? Is > anything further known of Hans Thomas and Anna Maria?

Thank You, I appreciate it. Mary Ann -------------------------------------------------- From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:21 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > Mary Ann, I am going to be out of town for a couple of days before I can > look up what information I have on the Boohers. In the mean time I will > forward your questions to another cousin, by the name of Cathryn Adams, > who > has done extensive research on the Boohers. > > N. H. Goodman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mary Ann Booher > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > > Hello > > Do you know the lineage of Hannah Booher that you mentioned? > I'm unable to place her. Dates. Places etc> > > Thank you > > Mary Ann Booher > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:28 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago > >> Hello "another Bigler cousin" Gale. Glad to know how we are related. >> Have enjoyed your postings to the list for a long time. >> >> And yes, I was also thrilled to learn some of the ancestry of Marx >> Bigler. >> And to answer your question, yes we have Mark's grandparents on both >> lines and one more generation back from one of his great >> grandmothers! Also Mark has two more brothers, Hans Jacob and Hans >> George. So I have lots more information to share. >> >> I spent a great deal of time about 33 years ago compiling a thick ring >> binder of research notes on him over a 2 year period before I gave up. >> Then about 10 years ago my youngest daughter invited my husband and I to >> visit them in Germany, where her husband was stationed with the Air >> Force. So I re-read all my Bigler notes and went to Germany, naively >> intending to find our Mark. Of course that did not happen! >> >> In those days internet service in our remote community was dialup and >> pay long distance charges. But a few days after we got home I decided >> to join AOL, because they had a great genealogy site. I paid my fees, >> logged on the site, typed in "Mark Bigler", and there he was - in >> Hunspach! Only a 2 hour drive from where I had just spent 2 weeks!! > >> What I had found was the book, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the >> Northern Alsace to America" by Annette Kunselman Burgert, FGSP,FASG, >> published by Picton Press, copyright 1992, pages 71-74. Perhaps you know >> Mrs. Burgert. If you do not have access to this book it would be well >> worth it obtain a copy. If you need it, I can send you her address. The > same >> information also appears in "Early German Settlers of York County, >> Pennsylvania" by Keith A. Dull, published by Willow Bend Books, copyright >> 1997, page 180. I rented a microfilmed copy of the Parish Registers of >> the >> Evangelical Reformed Church of Hunspach, Alsace (now Bas Rhin) France, >> and >> spent the next year reading it, all the while learning to read the old >> German script. >> >> The next year we went to Germany again. Our daughter loaned us a car, >> took us by the Archives of Bas Rhin, put us in a hotel outside of > Strasburg, >> and left us there for a week. The above mentioned original parish > registers >> are there but can only be read on microfilm, and you have to make an >> appointment a couple of weeks in advance to use a microfilm reader. (This > may have >> changed since then.) So, since I had already extracted the family and >> collateral lines from the microfilm, I spent my time searching the notary >> records. A notary was like an attorney, and they handled the legal >> matters, including the distribution of estates. It was there that I found > the >> mothers that the parish records did not name, and got one more generation > back on >> another. What a thrill to handle the 300+ year old books of original > documents and to > read the actual signatures of some of our ancestors, and >> to learn a little about their lives!! >> >> I did not have the privilege of meeting Norman Burns, but I corresponded >> with him. He did not have any more copies of his book, but he very kindly >> made me a photo copy of his personal copy, which contains many hand >> written notes and additional information that he obtained after the book > was >> published. (Maybe you have those too.) Unfortunately, I did not think to >> let him know that Mark had been found. I don't know if he was still >> living > at >> that time. The book (78 pages) that he worked on with Frank and Sherman >> Brough follows the lines of Mark's son Jacob for 4 generations down to >> Jacob G. Bigler who was my great, great grandfather. >> >> I did, however, meet Frank Brough (another cousin), and shared the >> information with him before he died. He was also the author of "Freely I >> Gave, the Life of Jacob G. Bigler". Jacob G. Bigler was the son of Mark >> Bigler (and Susannah Ogden), who was the son of Jacob Bigler (and Hannah >> Booher, who migrated to Enterprise, Virginia), who was the son of Mark I. >> >> None of these three books are still in print, but I might be able to get >> copies that were made by a couple of other relatives with permission of >> their respective authors. >> >>N. H. Goodman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of gale honeyman >> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:29 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago >> >> Enter another Bigler cousin through Elizabeth Bigler and Henry Eller, the >> first. > >> First off, I am thrilled for the baptismal record of Marx and his brother >> Michael. This is totally new information to me. Am I to presume that >> these were the only two in the Hunspach registry, or were there others? > Is >> anything further known of Hans Thomas and Anna Maria? > > > > ------------------------ > 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