January 5, 2000 Thanks for your E-Mail, Peggy. Much appreciated. I sure do hope that I am on the right track since this has been a real hard branch of the family to locate. Don Orth ----- Original Message ----- From: Peggy Roberts <benstore@penn.com> To: <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: January 5, 2000 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER-L] John (Johannes) Orth > Hi Don, > I do not know of the Orth family but from my own experience in finding > ancestors,you very well could be on the right track. The Anglo spelling of > Johannes was indeed John. > -----Original Message----- > From: Don C. Orth <dco122@rc.gc.ca> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:47 PM > Subject: [NYJEFFER-L] John (Johannes) Orth > > > >January 4, 1999 > > > >Hi Folks: > > > >The 1850 Census indicates a John Orth living in Pamelia, Jefferson County, > and the 1860 Census indicates a John Orth living in Alexandria, Jefferson > County. Does anyone have any information concerning this individual(s)? I > am attempting to locate the brother (Johannes Orth) of my great-great-great > grandfather and who apparently settled in New York state around 1847. He > came from Fuerstengrund, Hessen, Germany. Perhaps this is the person for > whom I am searching. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Don C.Orth > >Ottawa, Ontario. > >dco122@rc.gc.ca > > > > > >============================== > >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >12.8 million individuals and counting. > >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >