Peter and Howard and all - - - - (I am quoting here from a letter received from the noted historian and Genealogist, founder of the Swedish Colonial Society and my distant cousin - Dr. Peter S. Craig.) ". . . . . . . . .I should note, first, that Gloria Dei's church records do not include baptism, marriage and burial records prior to 1750. Such records were kept, but they disappeared after the death of Rev. Nicholas Collin in the 1830s. Therefore, the church itself does not have the capability of providing such information. Information that Andreas Souplis was buried at Gloria Dei church is derived from the will of his second wife, Gertrude, the widow of two Enochson brothers. Gertrude was of Swedish origins, so that she and her children qualified as members of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church. After his marriage to Gertrude, Andreas Souplis also was recognized as a member. Much is known about Andreas Souplis, who became a resident of Germantown by 1686. However virtually nothing is known about his first wife, other than her name was Anneckie Souplis, the name she wrote as a witness to a Germantown marriage certificate on 26 April 1691. She was the mother of all of his children. She undoubtedly came to America with her husband c. 1683-1685. They first lived in New York, where he was granted denization on 17 September 1685. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Germantown in Philadelphia County, where Andreas Souplis was naturalized by William Penn on 7 May 1691. Later, Andreas Souplis, by then a widower, moved with his unmarried children to Aronameck in Kingsessing, where he acquired land from the Yocum family. His daughter Ann subsequently married Charles Yocum, son of Peter Petersson Yocum and his wife Judith Jonasdotter. Andreas himself married widow Gertrude Enochson, who saw to it that he was buried at Gloria Dei church. No tombstone of this burial survives, however. - - - - - -" I am aware that on this list we are to try to keep our postings connected to European searches. With this in mind I entered my query as to how I may verify just a few of the many, many entries concerning my 8xGgf, Andris, in the hopes that my field of endeavor might be narrowed to an area somewhat smaller than all of western Europe !!! Many thanks for all your input, Howard and Peter !!! Dori