St. Meinrad's is a Benedictine monastery, college and school of theology. Ferdinand is the location of one of the largest congregations of Benedictine nuns in the U.S. I suggest that Mr. Bauer write to the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand IN and ask if they have any information about his GG aunt. I have found that most religious communities are very happy to help in one's search for relatives. There is more information about the Ferdinand Benedictines at www.thedome.org - including a short history of the establishment of the monastery which traces its history back to the Benedictine sisters in St. Mary's PA as well as Erie PA. Jim Weller --- On Thu, 3/25/10, AnnBergelt@aol.com <AnnBergelt@aol.com> wrote: From: AnnBergelt@aol.com <AnnBergelt@aol.com> Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] St. Ferdinand Order of Cincinnati To: ohhamilt@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:31 PM I'm not sure of this order, but there was and still is a  religious monastery downriver from Cincinnati in the beautiful little town of  St. Ferdinand, Indiana.    St. Meinrad's Abbey is there, but I believe there is also a  convent. Many German Catholic families went downriver from the  Cincinnati area to settle this place  in the  1800's.     It's quite a bit like Oldenburg,  Indiana. Later, Ann Bergelt Florida In a message dated 3/25/2010 5:55:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  pa12bauer@comcast.net writes: Can  anyone help me determine if there was ever a religious order of nuns in the  Cincinnati area named "The St. Ferdinand Order"? This would be in  the 1900-1915 time frame. I tried Google with no success.    This is my first attempt at genealogy in Hamilton County and I'm not  sure where to begin. I'm trying to find information concerning my  GGAunt, surname is DANGEL, who became a nun. Her order was listed in the  obituary of my GG Aunt. The whole family lived in Pittsburgh PA, so I'm  not sure how she got to Cincinnati. Paul Bauer Pittsburgh  PA To contact the List Administrator, send an email to:  Kaesemein@aol.com Did you miss a message?  You can find it in the  list's archives  here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ Don't  forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton  County: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamil ton/mb.ashx ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to  OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes  in the subject and the body of the  message To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com Did you miss a message?  You can find it in the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message