I noticed your message on rootsweb. I'm also researching the Alexander family in Frederick County, Maryland. I currently have 3 separate databases in Family Tree Maker Software to track all of the research. One database is for Henry Alexander (b. 1790-1794 in Maryland, married Anna Marie Unknown and had 2 kids - Joseph & Ruth), one for another database is for Jacob Henry (Heinrich) Alexander (born between 1718-1720 in Frederick County, MD, married Maria), and a third database for a Joseph Henry Alexander (1790 - 1867). I would imagine that somehow these 3 databases can be pulled together into one, but I'm not sure how. Would you mind sharing your database information? Here's the one that my family relates to.. 1 Henry Alexander b: Bet. 1790 - 1794 in Maryland d: April 17, 1887 in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland . +Anna Maria Unknown b: Abt. 1794 in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland d: Bef. 1850 ..... 2 Joseph Alexander b: February 01, 1818 in Maryland d: January 21, 1865 in Frederick County, MD ......... +Sarah Ann Payne b: April 26, 1818 in Maryland d: March 23, 1902 in Maryland ............. 3 John C Alexander b: Bet. 1847 - 1848 in Maryland ................+Annie Unknown .................... 4 May Alexander b: 1875 in Maryland .................... 4 Charles Alexander b: 1877 in Maryland .................... 4 Nellie Alexander b: 1879 in Maryland ............. 3 Anna Eliza Alexander b: June 20, 1849 in Maryland d: July 02, 1917 in Rockford, Illinois ................+Martin Danner b: March 15, 1834 in Frederick County, MD d: July 10, 1873 in Knoxville, Maryland .................... 4 Sarah Louella Danner b: February 05, 1869 in Knoxville, Maryland d: July 13, 1949 in Rockford, Illinois ........................ +Elmer Ellsworth Fiser b: April 28, 1862 in Funkstown, Maryland d: August 03, 1950 in Rockford, Illinois ............................ 5 Maude Aline Fiser b: August 19, 1892 in Dedham, Wisconsin d: December 04, 1978 in Plano, Illinois ............................... +Cyrus Aaron Niles b: June 21, 1888 in Wolbach, NE d: February 22, 1964 in Fairfield, Iowa .................... 4 Martin William Danner b: October 05, 1872 in Knoxville, Maryland ........................ +Mary Unknown .................... 4 Mary Mollie Lydia Danner b: February 18, 1874 in Knoxville, Maryland d: July 20, 1954 in Los Alamitos, California ........................ +Benjamin Franklin Sullivan b: November 1859 ............. *2nd Husband of Anna Eliza Alexander: ................ +John Dingle Shober b: January 30, 1844 in Hagerstown, Maryland d: May 07, 1904 in Rockford, Illinois .................... 4 Anna Josephine Shober b: July 24, 1881 in Sandy Hook, Maryland d: May 08, 1954 in Rockford, Illinois ........................ +Albert Edward Boss .................... 4 John Franklin Shober b: Abt. 1882 d: December 26, 1947 in New Orleans, LA ........................ +Anna Sandstrom .................... 4 Harry O. Shober b: Abt. 1883 d: in Racine, Wisconsin ........................ +Martha L. Wolf ............. 3 Lydia Alexander b: September 1851 in Maryland ................ +Frederick Shafer b: February 1846 in Germany .................... 4 Lillie Shafer b: June 1884 .................... 4 John Shafer b: March 1890 ............. 3 Catherine Alexander b: Abt. 1853 in Maryland ............. 3 Mary E Alexander b: June 1856 in Maryland ................ +Charles Martin b: Abt. 1853 in Frederick County, MD d: Bef. 1920 .................... 4 John Edward Martin b: March 1878 in Frederick County, MD ........................ +Sarah B. Unknown b: January 1880 .................... 4 Sarah Martin b: Abt. 1880 in Frederick County, MD .................... 4 Luther O. Martin b: October 1883 in Frederick County, MD .................... 4 Nellie B. Martin b: August 1885 in Frederick County, MD .................... 4 Arthur E. Martin b: January 1888 in Frederick County, MD .................... 4 William M. Martin b: March 1889 in Frederick County, MD ............. 3 Joseph Oliver Alexander b: Abt. 1858 in Maryland d: February 26, 1917 in Rockford, Illinois ............. 3 George Franklin Alexander b: February 16, 1861 in Frederick County, MD d: June 09, 1937 in Frederick County, MD ................ +Allie May Bingham b: October 31, 1864 d: December 05, 1922 in Frederick County, MD .................... 4 Hulda Alexander b: Bef. 1896 in Maryland ........................ +Earl Edwards b: Abt. 1892 in Virginia ............................ 5 Allie May Edwards b: Abt. 1924 in Brunswick, MD d: July 19, 2000 in Savannah, Georgia ............................... +Bernard Wright b: Abt. 1919 in Savannah, Georgia d: December 17, 1999 in Savannah, Georgia ............................ 5 John Robert Edwards b: Abt. 1916 ............................... +Mary Jane .................... 4 Ruth Bingham Alexander b: February 1897 in Maryland d: 1925 in Maryland ........................ +Raymond Robert Phillips b: December 29, 1894 d: March 22, 1944 in Maryland ............................ 5 Charlotte Lavane Phillips b: 1919 in Weverton, Washington County, Maryland d: 1973 ............................... +Robert Burns Callahan b. 1911 d. 1974 .................... 4 Robert Alexander b: September 02, 1903 d: November 1915 in Drowned in Potomac River canal ..... 2 Ruth A Alexander b: February 10, 1807 in Maryland d: October 04, 1880 in Middletown Dist, Frederick County, Maryland ......... +David Reeder b: 1807 in Frederick County, MD d: April 09, 1882 in Middletown Dist, Frederick County, Maryland Thanks, Sherry In a message dated 11/16/2004 11:36:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, MDWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:19:16 -0500 From: Susan McIntyre <sbmc2@chartermi.net> To: MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <41990F44.3030901@chartermi.net> Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Losing my mind... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There was a recent discussion on the Frederick Co. MD list regarding the accuracy of many of the published Historical & Biographical books. It was very wisely pointed out that the accuracy is occasionally based on "the point of view (and abilities) of the researcher" and "traditional factors" such as oral history of an area or family (not always verified by documentation). I personally am researching the Alexander family in Frederick Co. MD who one would assume were originally from the UK but beginning in the mid 1700's are found in the German Church Records. This leaves me wondering if they were originally German (immigrated from UK?) or perhaps on arrival in America they married into a German family and chose to follow the wife's religion. The church records show names appearing to be German but you have to realize that the person recording the information was influenced by their (and the churches) German background. So as the surnames in later records were changed to English spellings (Jung to Young, Mueller to Miller, etc) perhaps the names in earlier records were changed to the German spellings ((Henry to Henrich, George to Jorg, etc). That is just my confused view on the subject but I can recommend using any publication, oral history or online site ONLY as a guide to look for documentation. Good Luck in your research.