Hi Ray: go to the Catawba webwsite, and click on surnames and then Bolch/Bolich and there is some of the history on this page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ Betty Heryford Original Message ----- From: "Ray H. Smith" <rsmith2092@carolina.rr.com> To: "Anne McAllister" <awmcallister@charter.net> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [CATAWBA-WEST] South Fork Church? > Thank you for your prompt and informative response. > > My wife has an ancestor Sebastain BOLCH who was married by Pastor Arends > at the South Fork Church in 1776. His plantation was on Lyle's Creek which > would make it more convenient to go to St. John's Lutheran Church. > > Thus far I have not been able to find his burial site which I cannot > locate in St. John's Cemetery. St John's has burned at least twice over the > years and the Church Office tells me that on site records do not go back any > further than perhaps 1859. > > The Germanic People kept precise records. Do you suppose that there > could be Pastorial Diary's or records of funerals at St. John's at the > Lutheran Synod Archives in Salisbury? > > You have been nice enough as is so will not trouble you with further > questions. > > > Ray Smith > > >