Sorry Lauren - The names Brantner & Arnsberger do not appear in the 2 publications that I mentioned in my last posting. I will let the list know what results from my contact with the Maryland State Archives - (although it may take a while). Thank you for all the help you offer to the list, Susan Lauren Brantner wrote: > Hi Susan, > My main surnames are BRANTNER and ARNSBERGER. The trade of cooper > threads through Brantner descendants in MD, PA and WV and I suspect > the emigrating ancestor from Germany who came into PA in 1750 was a > cooper. I've read that Dulaney in developing Frederick made a > concerted effort to bring in trades people to support the outlying > farming areas so I am of course curious about who those 25 families > were. I think most everyone on the list would be interested - there > was a lot of intermarriage with the German families in Washington County. > > Lauren Brantner > >