>From "Pennsylvania Line" Franklin Twp., Westmoreland Twp., founded 1786, now called Murrysville. There is no Murrysville Twp. listed. Under cities and boroughs it shows Murrsville pop. 250,000 in Westmoreland County, Franklin Twp.! So perhaps it is now an incorporated borough and no longer called a Township. I am not really familiar with the area. Greene and Fayette Counties both have Franklin Twps. Nedra At 01:08 PM 6/22/98 EDT, you wrote: >I am attempting to help a fellow Geiger researcher and also working on >Westmoreland County, PA Geiger information for my own research. > >So far we know that a Johannes Geiger was confirmed in 1819 in Westmoreland >County and that he was baptized in North Annville, in what is now Dauphin >County, in 1798 at Quitopahilla Church. The confirmation certificate says >that Johannes was born in Franklin Township, Dauphin County. However, I am >told by those who research in that area that there is (and never was) a >Franklin Township, in this area. > >My question is this. We know that the confirmation certificate is in error as >to the township that Johannes Geiger, son of Benjamin and Catharine Geiger, >was born. Might there be confusion with a Franklin Township in Westmoreland >County? Does anyone know if there is a Franklin Township in Westmoreland? If >so, is there a Lutheran Church in that township that might be the one the >confirmation certificate that we have came from? It is not listed on the >certificate itself. > >Thanks, Joan > > > Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, "WVPENDLE@ROOTSWEB.COM"