I don't think I am related to any of these Leshers, but are you sure about the France thing? My ancestor, Catherine Lesher, was from Coblenz, Rhineland, Prussia. We know the names and birth dates of two brothers, both of which to the USA also. We have not found her parents. I haven't been able to find them in any German immigrants records either. I read microfilms until I was crosseyed and could not find any Leshers at all in Coblenz, let alone her family. Someone told me they may have come from France originally, as you suggested. The likelihood is greater because the family were Catholic, not Lutheran. Does anyone have any suggestions for finding her (and her siblings') birth records from Coblenz? (Catherine was born in 1835.) These people never went to Pennsylvania or Maryland. Catherine probably arrived in New Orleans, though we aren't sure of that. She is buried in Salt Lake City and her brothers moved to California. I expect their descendants are still there. Thanks, Nancy Cropper On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:35:01 -0400 [email protected] writes: > Have been working genealogy for maybe 30 years. All the Leshers, of > > various spellings, originated in that Alsace-Lorraine area of > France, > sometimes of Germany, also called the Palatines for its little > sub-duchies. We apparently had a pretty big presence in that small > > area of Europe. Who were we? > > At 02:15 AM 9/21/2006, you wrote: > > > >In a message dated 9/20/2006 1:13:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > >Jacob Lesher that was a brother to your John Lesher? > > > > > >Nick, I have to apologize, but my Lesher file was trashed a few > months ago > >and I haven't gotten around to working on it. It was the first > file > >I worked > >on with outside help and it went click,click finished and I learned > very > >little. > > > >So, since then I've been working on my mother's side (Willing) > without help > >and it's full of challenges and rewards too. So my Lesher file is > hurting. > > > >My Jakob Loescher (umlaut over the "o") lived in the Alsace area of > France. > >I'm not sure he ever made it to America. His son was my John > Lesher. > > > >Very best, Roy > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > Robert G Lesher > 200 Ryan's Lane > Clayton NC 27520-5553 > Home - 919-553-0801 > Fax - 919-553-0212 > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >