I am still trying to piece together the indenture of my great-grandmother, Catherine Berst. I found her in the 1850 census of Campbell County KY with her single father, Jacob Berst. She was 3, he, 33. I found estate papers for Jacob, who died in 1857, in Clermont County. By the time of his death, Jacob had remarried and had two new children (Francis Jacob and Mary Magdaleina) by his second wife, Magdaleina Adeloff. His wedding to Ms. Adeloff and the baptism of his children are recorded in St. Philomena Church. In the estate papers, the administrator is searching for the "minor daughter of Jacob Berst, Mary Catherine Berst." She is not located. I found her in the 1860 census in Arnheim, Brown County, enumerated with non-related persons (The Ludwig/Louis Braun/Brown family.) I can't imagine how she got there! No doubt the second wife didn't want her, so her father placed her. But how was this done? No records exist at Brown COunty. No records seem to exist at Clermont County or Campbell County either..... By all indications, Catherine and her father seem to have been Catholic. Yet Catherine was placed with a Lutheran family. The local Lutheran records show them as members and I guess that despite being Catholic (if she was) became a baptismal sponsor to a child at this Lutheran Church. Thanks for any insights! Buffy