I think Bob Harter is right. Both of my parents are descended from the GBB and my niece and I fully expected that we would find a link tying them together at some point. So far that hasn't happened. Both descend from groups that traveled together in many instances. Most of us have that type history in our backgrounds. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Bob Harter Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:09 PM To: N. H. Goodman ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago I have come to the conclusions that at least 75% of those on the Brethren discussion group are cousins! For those who had an ancestor who was a GBB before 1800 it probably is 99.9% No big problem - as I said, it is a minor point considering various spellings of many names. What I would REALLY like to see is some record of the marriage of Christian Harter and Elizabeth Eller. The majority of his siblings were married in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Frederick Co., MD, but I have no record of where they were married (or the exact date). I assume probably a German Baptist Brethren Church. By the way, Christian and Elizabeth were my 5G grandparents, as I said, but my direct line Harter ancestor was Frantz Harter, one of Christian's brothers. Frantz's son, John, married Christian's granddaughter, Catharine Ray. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> To: "'Bob Harter'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:48 PM Subject: RE: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago >I love it! I am meeting all kinds of cousins! > > Sorry for the misspelling Bob. My source for the spelling was only one of > several sources cited on the site I was reading. Other sources cited were > spelled correctly. I just happened to pick the wrong one, and I am glad > you > corrected me! The site I was reading was: > http://www.myfamilysearch.net/getperson.php?personID=I504&tree=2005217a > > N. H. Goodman > ------------------------ 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