The link to the page Patty mentioned is http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1686 A Georg in York County, born about 1732 with a father Jacob and marrying about 1752 to a Catharina sounds a lot like the Georg Rümmel of the area claimed by the Rummel family. The May Genealogical Database's version of this family is on the WorldConnect Gedcom Project at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maymd&id=I6502 The data does seem to fit what we know of the Kimels in Davidson County, NC (See my web site* North Carolina Kimmels page at http://www2.fwi.com/~tkimmel/NC.htm ) if Carol is correct. Patty, have you e-mailed Carol for her source? =========================== *Incidentally, everyone, I've reorganized the Kimmel Family Record web site to address each Kimmel family on its own web page and moved the new setup online just a couple of days ago. It's incomplete (and I'm still seeking out the bad links and typos) but eventually I'll have useful data for researching the early families on the site. As free time allows... --Tim Kimmel in Fort Wayne ============================================ Bill and Patty Coleman wrote: > Hi from Mexico, list, and HAPPY NEW YEAR. This morning I saw a posting on > the Davidson County Query Forum from Carol who said she had the parents of > us NORTH CAROLINA KIMELS' ancestor, BERNARD KIMEL, as JOHANN GEORG KIMMEL, > b. 1732 in GERMANY and wife CATHARINA b. 1732, married 1752, migrated to > York County, PA 1751. > > HELP!!! Hope some of you can help us with this. A group of us have been > working on this for a long time -- including Tim. Would be a wonderful New > Year's gift to find the elusive first husband of our CATHARINA KIMEL EVANS > MYERS, mother of BERNARD (BARNEY) who married CATHARINA WEAVER (WEBER, > WEAVIL?) > > If you can identify this JOHANN GEORG KIMMEL, please reply to me directly > or to the list. > > Thanks, Patty