Carol - I took a look at your Fisher line on your website. I don't see any hint of a match. A couple of the given names are the same, but with the wrong dates, and living in the wrong areas. It was worth a try, anyway. :-) Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol" <junebird3@yahoo.com> To: <FISHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [FISHER] Fisher Photo and message site > Doug my line is on my website at > http://www.geocities.com/junebird3/ Unfortunately, I > haven't gotten very far with this line so you might > not recognize any of the names, but anything's worth a > try. > > Thanks, > Carol > > --- Doug <dougfish@carr.org> wrote: > > Hi Carol - > > > > My Fishers entered America in 1749 via Philadelphia. > > In 1851 they bought > > property in Codorus Township, PA, which is just > > southeast of Hanover, and > > just over the line from Maryland, just about in the > > middle of the state. If > > your family were from NE Pennsylvania, there > > probably aren't any > > connections, but anything's possible. If you want > > to take a close look at > > what I've got I could email you a copy of my GEDCOM > > file, or if you want to > > give me some names to look for in my file I'd be > > happy to do that for you. > > > > Doug > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Carol" <junebird3@yahoo.com> > > To: <FISHER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [FISHER] Fisher Photo and message site > > > > > > > Doug, I would love to see this information. My > > > Fishers are from the NE PA area and I have Lauers > > from > > > that area too. > > > > > > Carol LAUER Spoor > > > > > > --- Doug <dougfish@carr.org> wrote: > > > > Winnie - > > > > > > > > My Fisher line is from Pennsylvania and Northern > > > > Maryland, but none of the > > > > names you have seem to ring a bell with me. I'm > > > > sharing with Mary to help > > > > her get her site started, so you'll probably be > > able > > > > to take a look at what > > > > I've got there. > > > > > > > > My personal line runs from Hanns Fisher (we > > think) > > > > in Deinsdorf, Germany, to > > > > George Fisher b. 1734 Deinsdorf, Germany, to > > Michael > > > > Fisher b. 1757 > > > > Maryland, to Adam Fisher b. 1790 Maryland, to > > George > > > > Washington Fisher b. > > > > 1831 Pennsylvania, to Edgar Fisher b. 1854 > > Maryland, > > > > to Edgar Wells Fisher > > > > b. 1890 Maryland (my grandfather). > > > > The Hanns Fisher link is NOT proven, and I'm not > > > > sure that can be, but the > > > > circumstantial evidence is pretty strong. If > > I'm > > > > correct with this link, > > > > then I have George's maternal line > > (Arnold/Arnoldt) > > > > going back to the > > > > 1540's. I can give reasonbly good sources for > > most > > > > info back to George's > > > > immigration to America. Before that seems to be > > > > good info, but was obtained > > > > from other amateurs without much source > > material. > > > > The dates, places, and > > > > names match very well, though. > > > > > > > > Some other surnames are Mathias, Fair, Houck, > > Bailey > > > > (Beli), Foreman > > > > (Fuhrman), Lawyer (Lauer), Smeeth (Smuck). > > These > > > > are all descendants of > > > > George that branched off in the first couple of > > > > generations. > > > > > > > > If any of this seems to fit your line let me > > know > > > > and I'll be glad to share > > > > whatever I have with you. That goes for anyone > > > > else on this mailing list > > > > as well. I'm always happy to meet cousins and > > share > > > > family history with > > > > them! :-) > > > > > > > > Doug Fisher > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Winnie Nichols" <fayth@charter.net> > > > > To: <FISHER-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:13 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [FISHER] Fisher Photo and message > > site > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello All, sure would love to find some of my > > > > "Fishers/Fischers. I would > > > > > love to be able to go to a site and search to > > see > > > > if I could find any > > > > > connections. Searching Catherine Fisher b. b4 > > 1750 > > > > Germany m/t Casper > > > > > Huber/Hoover and Anna Mariah Fisher b. 1839 > > m/t > > > > John Custer all in PA > > > > area. > > > > > anyone who could shed some light would greatly > > be > > > > appreciated. How do we > > > > get > > > > > to any of these Fisher sites to have a look > > see? > > > > It might be nice if all, > > > > > that have web sites to give the URL's to be > > able > > > > to go to and search. > > > > > Who knows, something may spark something and > > one > > > > may find that some leads. > > > > > Blessings to all, Win ps...I am not a > > > > genealogist, I am just searching > > > > for > > > > > info on my ancestors for future family,like > > > > everyone else is.All family > > > > > members tha can help have all gone, I only > > have > > > > bits and pieces. 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