I'm making my first time trip to Washington, D.C. next month and would like to drive up to the Pleasant View Church in Burkittsville, Maryland where some of my ancestors worshipped and are buried. Does anyone on the list live near there or has anyone visited there? I'd like to know if it is difficult to find, or get to from D.C. If I visit on a Saturday would there be anyone there or do I need to let them know I'm coming? Also, does anyone know if they have any early records (birth, marriage, death) there, or is the book, "A Pleasant View" the best source for the early church information. I have written the church in past but didn't receive a response. I've also done a Mapquest on the trip but I know that is no match for first hand experience. Any thoughts, suggestions, advise, would be appreciated. You can respond off list if you like. Thanks, Liz Walker

Liz, I can't be a lot of help but I have seen the Pleasant View Church at Burkittsville, and the attached cemetery. The best way to get out there from DC is to take I-270 North toward Frederick and then get on I-70 West. I don't remember anyone being around the church and I was there on a Saturday. Google Mid-Atlantic District Church of the Brethren and click on churches, and you can get map/directions. The number listed for Pleasant view is 301-371-7707. John Shafer> From: lizgwalker@cox.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:22 -0500> To: brethren@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BRE] Visit to Maryland> > > I'm making my first time trip to Washington, D.C. next month and > would like to drive up to the Pleasant View Church in Burkittsville, > Maryland where some of my ancestors worshipped and are buried. Does > anyone on the list live near there or has anyone visited there? I'd > like to know if it is difficult to find, or get to from D.C. If I > visit on a Saturday would there be anyone there or do I need to let > them know I'm coming? Also, does anyone know if they have any early > records (birth, marriage, death) there, or is the book, "A Pleasant > View" the best source for the early church information. I have > written the church in past but didn't receive a response. I've also > done a Mapquest on the trip but I know that is no match for first > hand experience.> > Any thoughts, suggestions, advise, would be appreciated. You can > respond off list if you like.> > Thanks, Liz Walker> > ------------------------> 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:McAdamsr@hotmail.com> ------------------------> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Earn cashback on your purchases with Live Search - the search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=earncashback

Would anyone have a picture of the Salem Church of the Brethren that was located on the Marshall -Starke County line, other than the one that was in the 1952 Winger (Wenger?) book. Karin Rettinger

Hello Liz. Esther and I lived aat Burkittsville for seven years in the 1950s and have many pleasant memories of attending the Pleasant View Church one mile north of Burkittsville on the road to Middletown. It is easy to find, and of course Burkittsville is on the maryland map and in Frederick County. You wont find and early records there, but it is a beautiful rural country church. This is the community where my wife and I began our family and enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of the local people. It is a very old community, and we still have many friends there. The book A Pleasant View is a good source. There is also a section on this church in the book Allegheny Passage. Who were your ancestors from that area? If you wish to make a contact in the village, write back. Emmert Bittinger. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Walker" <lizgwalker@cox.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:00 PM Subject: [BRE] Visit to Maryland > > I'm making my first time trip to Washington, D.C. next month and > would like to drive up to the Pleasant View Church in Burkittsville, > Maryland where some of my ancestors worshipped and are buried. Does > anyone on the list live near there or has anyone visited there? I'd > like to know if it is difficult to find, or get to from D.C. If I > visit on a Saturday would there be anyone there or do I need to let > them know I'm coming? Also, does anyone know if they have any early > records (birth, marriage, death) there, or is the book, "A Pleasant > View" the best source for the early church information. I have > written the church in past but didn't receive a response. I've also > done a Mapquest on the trip but I know that is no match for first > hand experience. > > Any thoughts, suggestions, advise, would be appreciated. You can > respond off list if you like. > > Thanks, Liz Walker > > ------------------------ > 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:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message