The information that we have at the Foundation is that Peter Hitt's village was Rehbach, near Kaan Marienborn. When we were in Germany last year, we went there for the first time because 2 Hitt descendants were on the tour--the tour is conducted according to the various families that are represented by the travelers. One of the Foundation Trustees, Horst Schneider, presented Russell Hitt with some documents having to do with the land on which Peter Hitt lived on in Rehbach. I will ask Russell exactly what they were, I think at least one of the documents was a map showing his land. There is no house left on the land of Peter Hitt, just farmland, but it's a beautiful place. It's also not far from the villages of the other members of the First Colony. I'll check the web site and make sure that Eisern is not the village of Peter Hitt, it's the village of John Hoffman/Huffman and Tilman Weber/Weaver. Barb Price In a message dated 12/20/2008 16:04:03 Pacific Standard Time, holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com writes: I realize that the Germanna Foundation website gives Peter Hitt's home as Eisern. I am pointing out that I have located no information to support that statement. And if someone else has the documentation to prove it, I would appreciate knowing the source. Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw gives Peter Hitt's birthplace as Rehbach near Kaan. Information posted on a website may or may not be factual. Sources help the reader decide the veracity of the information given. Suzanne Collins Matson ________________________________ From: Cary Anderson <drcary@cox.net> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:38:27 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Germanna Hitts There are several articles about the Hitt/Heide family from Eisern online. Google: Hitt Eisern Germanna There are several things that are well-documented that puts the First Colony Hitt in Eisern. There is a story of the 2007 Germanna Tour that tells of the Hitt homestead which we visited. Cary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

I knew Hoffman/Huffman and Weber/Weaver were from Eisern.  I have seen their names in the church records.  I really had not looked at the Settlers list in a long time.  I wasn't aware that things had shifted around but I know that can happen when you move from one website to another.  Perhaps it would be wise to sort of double check the others.  I know the first colony fairly well but would not be any help with the second. I wonder if anyone has researched the Catholic records from Rehbach.  There may be some information that would clarify some of the inconsistencies in the Hitt genealogy.  I reread BCH's Hitt information-there isn't very much and I feel that there is alot of information missing.  And BCH doesn't all seem too sure about the relationships among the Hitts.  Is anyone working on a Hitt book? The name inconsistency really bothers me.  I feel perhaps there are errors on the German side perhaps due to records not being available.  Suzanne PS-I found the Revolutionary War Pension application for Hannah Hitt, wife of Peter Hitt who died 1802 on Footnote.com..  Are you familiar with Footnote?  They are digitizing the National Archive records.  It is a gold mine of information.  Hannah gave Peter's date of death as 31 Aug 1802.  BCH had said he died in 1802 but said nothing about his Revolutionary War service.  She also said they were married at Turkey Run Church April 1783 by Parson Craig.  Unfortunately, the pension doesn't give any children's names.  I was really looking for Hitts-I just happened across this and read the entire file which runs some 53 pages. PPS-Did you ask Katharine Brown about Herr Moisel being the archivist for just the Evangelical church or for all churches?  This has me wondering where the Catholic church records might be. ________________________________ From: "RockCatt@aol.com" <RockCatt@aol.com> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 10:51:03 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Germanna Hitts The information that we have at the Foundation is that Peter Hitt's village  was Rehbach, near Kaan Marienborn.  When we were in Germany last year, we  went there for the first time because 2 Hitt descendants were on the tour--the  tour is conducted according to the various families that are represented by the travelers.  One of the Foundation Trustees, Horst Schneider, presented  Russell Hitt with some documents having to do with the land on which Peter Hitt  lived on in Rehbach.  I will ask Russell exactly what they were, I think at  least one of the documents was a map showing his land.  There is no house  left on the land of Peter Hitt, just farmland, but it's a beautiful place.  It's also not far from the villages of the other members of the First  Colony. I'll check the web site and make sure that Eisern is not the village of  Peter Hitt, it's the village of John Hoffman/Huffman and Tilman  Weber/Weaver. Barb Price In a message dated 12/20/2008 16:04:03 Pacific Standard Time,  holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com writes: I  realize that the Germanna Foundation website gives Peter Hitt's home as  Eisern.  I am pointing out that I have located no information to support  that statement.  And if someone else has the documentation to prove it, I  would appreciate knowing the source.  Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw gives Peter  Hitt's birthplace as Rehbach near Kaan. Information posted on a website  may or may not be factual.  Sources help the reader decide the veracity  of the information given. Suzanne Collins  Matson ________________________________ From: Cary  Anderson <drcary@cox..net> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent:  Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:38:27 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Germanna  Hitts There are several articles about the Hitt/Heide family from  Eisern online. Google:  Hitt Eisern Germanna There are several  things that are well-documented that puts the First Colony Hitt in  Eisern.  There is a story of the 2007 Germanna Tour that tells of the  Hitt homestead which we  visited. Cary ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to  GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the  quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the  list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the  word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Barbara. Your memory of the facts is so much better than mine about the Siegenland area. Wasn't that presentation what everyone wants? The facts handed to them on a silver platter. Of course, there had been much preliminary work and contacts done over the years for that to have resulted. I don't believe the couple on the trip were certain as to the Hitt origin before taking the tour. The story has been posted at Germanna.org for sometime. The resources available are so much better today than when the research was done by the pioneers of Germanna research were doing their work. Would that they could have lived to see how technology has aided the discovery of records. Cary ----- Original Message ----- From: <RockCatt@aol.com> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Germanna Hitts > The information that we have at the Foundation is that Peter Hitt's village > was Rehbach, near Kaan Marienborn. When we were in Germany last year, we > went there for the first time because 2 Hitt descendants were on the tour--the > tour is conducted according to the various families that are represented by the > travelers. One of the Foundation Trustees, Horst Schneider, presented > Russell Hitt with some documents having to do with the land on which Peter Hitt > lived on in Rehbach. I will ask Russell exactly what they were, I think at > least one of the documents was a map showing his land. There is no house left > on the land of Peter Hitt, just farmland, but it's a beautiful place. It's > also not far from the villages of the other members of the First Colony. > > I'll check the web site and make sure that Eisern is not the village of > Peter Hitt, it's the village of John Hoffman/Huffman and Tilman Weber/Weaver. > > Barb Price > > > In a message dated 12/20/2008 16:04:03 Pacific Standard Time, > holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com writes: > > I realize that the Germanna Foundation website gives Peter Hitt's home as > Eisern. I am pointing out that I have located no information to support that > statement. And if someone else has the documentation to prove it, I would > appreciate knowing the source. Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw gives Peter Hitt's > birthplace as Rehbach near Kaan. > > Information posted on a website may or may not be factual. Sources help the > reader decide the veracity of the information given. > > Suzanne Collins Matson > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Cary Anderson <drcary@cox.net> > To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:38:27 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Germanna Hitts > > There are several articles about the Hitt/Heide family from Eisern online. > Google: Hitt Eisern Germanna > > There are several things that are well-documented that puts the First Colony > Hitt in Eisern. There is a story of the 2007 Germanna Tour that tells of > the Hitt homestead which we visited. > > Cary > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000 025) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >