Hello,   My name is Patricia Sims. I live in CA. My ancesters include Leonard Matthias Kreisler, Barbara von Schellenberg, Andreas Gaar, Eva Seidelman, Anna Maria Blankenbaker, Theobold Crisler, Rosina Gaar, John Michael Schmidt Jr, Anna Magdalena Thomas, Henry Souther, John George Crisler, Anna Magdalena Schmidt, Michael Souther, Mary Fisher, Absalom Crisler, Anna Souther, Jonathan Crisler, Mary Ann Crowley, James Martin Barr (died 3 Sep 1861, kia First Manassas), Louisa Eldra Crisler, (Louisa went as far as TX with her son William and his family on their way to CA. She and grandson, John Martin Barr, turned back to AL) These are the people I grew up with: William Franklin Barr, Martha Jane Hale, Victoria Elrey Barr, George Thomas Cooper, Estelle Emma Cooper, Charles Lamar Sims and myself.   Am I a Germanna descendant? Also, I know a Scott Tanner who lives near me. Should he be checking to find out who his ancesters are?   Thank you, Patty    

That Anna Maria Blankenbaker....she is responsible for so many of us being alive! Patty, you have a bunch of Germanna ancestors and you are a distant cousin to me through Anna Maria. Check out the Foundation's website at www.germanna.org and yes, Scott Tanner should, as well. The Germanna surnames I recognize are Kreisler/Crisler, Blankenbaker, Schmidt, Thomas. If I have this correctly, the Gaars and the Fishers arrived slightly later than the original immigrants but we sort of include them. We don't have any "vons", however. Virginia Nuta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty Sims" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:36 AM Subject: [GERMANNA] Germanna Descendants Hello, My name is Patricia Sims. I live in CA. My ancesters include Leonard Matthias Kreisler, Barbara von Schellenberg, Andreas Gaar, Eva Seidelman, Anna Maria Blankenbaker, Theobold Crisler, Rosina Gaar, John Michael Schmidt Jr, Anna Magdalena Thomas, Henry Souther, John George Crisler, Anna Magdalena Schmidt, Michael Souther, Mary Fisher, Absalom Crisler, Anna Souther, Jonathan Crisler, Mary Ann Crowley, James Martin Barr (died 3 Sep 1861, kia First Manassas), Louisa Eldra Crisler, (Louisa went as far as TX with her son William and his family on their way to CA. She and grandson, John Martin Barr, turned back to AL) These are the people I grew up with: William Franklin Barr, Martha Jane Hale, Victoria Elrey Barr, George Thomas Cooper, Estelle Emma Cooper, Charles Lamar Sims and myself. Am I a Germanna descendant? Also, I know a Scott Tanner who lives near me. Should he be checking to find out who his ancesters are? Thank you, Patty If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5402 (20100827) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com