Hi Ruth and Lorena, I too am researching the Barks family and would appreciate being notified when the CDS become available. Thanks for all the help Pat and Robert Barks snoopinn2thepast <snoopinn2thepast@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Lorena, are there any books still available? Also, if you distribute your CDs at some point in time, I would be intertested in receiving a copy. Thanks. Ruth Carver ----- Original Message ----- From: L Eaker To: Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: [MOBOLLIN] Notice: BARKS ancestry possibly found in Europe: > I am scanning my 57 year collection of files onto CDs for > preservation and distribution. As I work with new files (since my > books were published and files before that, many of which was not > included in my books, I keep finding important notes that needs to be > shared. Such is the case here. > > Email of Febraury 2001 from my good friends Ray and Agnes Yount of > Maryland: > > "Lorena: On page 343 of German Speaking People West Of The Catawba > River IN NC, you speculate that the BARRICKS in NC may have been > related to the BERGS in Frederick Co., MD. I believe this to be > correct. > > The Book, Volume III, "Monacacy and Cacoctin" by Calvin E > Schildknecht gives the following account: > > "The emigrant was Johan Wilhelm Berg (Barrack) born in Nordhofen in > Westerwald, Germany 1683 (son of Johan Peter) He married Johanata > Maria Andreas. The dialect word for Berg in high German meaning hill > or mountain is BARRACK, But Barrick has been used." > > "Then while searchng Frederick County Land records for my ZIMMERMAN > connections, I just found the following: > > Liber. L. George Zimmerman recorded 8 Dec 1768, made 22 June, between > HANDLE BARRICK (which seems to be the possible origin of the spelling > of HUNTEEL BARKS, LSE's note) of Frederick County tract called Mill > Plain. Signed: JOHAN NICHOL BARRICK. His wife, Judith, also signs, > releasing her dower. (I believe this George Zimmerman is the brother > of Anna Elizabeth Zimmerman who married Johannes Jundt, the NC > immigrant. > > So it appears Handle is a contraction of Johan Nichol?" > > Ray > > Lorena's note: It would behoove BARKS descendants to follow up on > this lead. > Heaven only knows what I might find in my files after I have waded > through the several different Baker family files, etc. I found this > note in the Misc. "B" files while looking for Bakers that might have > been lost in the shuffle! > > My good deed for the day! > Lorena > > > > > ==== MOBOLLIN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > ==== MOBOLLIN Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net