Dear Judy, I am a descendant of one of the "other folks from the Shenandoah Valley." The "Roush" family in my notes and of others of my family (SURBER) is spelled "Rouse" but I think it is the same family. Can you give us the birth dates of your Owen, William, both Philips, and John Adam? I find all of these names in a Surber website, http://www.claynet.com/athomas/surber/nindex.htm#ROUSE If you aren't familiar with this website you might want to have a look. You will find many, many Rouse's there. Do you have any Surbers in your records? ANYBODY??? I'm searching for the children of Jacob Surber Jr. who married Catherine Phillipine Fry in Shenandoah VA in 1792. (NOT the Jacob Surber Jr. who married another Catherine in Ohio in 1819.) I am going to forward to you separately, Judy, a rather lengthy lineage of John Adam from the Rouse/Roush mailing list. If any others from the Highland list have an interest, please e-mail me and will send to you or to the list. Jeanne Surber Concord, CA [email protected] --------------------- Judith D. Ross wrote: > > I have tried to find church birth records in Highland County, Ohio, > particularly for Old Dutch Church and Mt. Zion Church in New Market > Township, with no luck. These were Dutch Reformed churches founded by > Roushes and other folks from the Shenandoah Valley. These churches no longer > exist. > > I have tried Lutheran and other related archives with either no luck or no > response. It may just be that these records no longer exist. However, I > believe that my great grandfahter, Owen L. Roush, who helped gather info. > for the Roush histories, saw these records back when the family was working > on the first couple of volumes (I base this belief on a reference to Owen > and Highland County church records in the acknowledgements in the front of > Volume 2.). > > Specifically, I am looking for the birth record of William Roush, son of > Philip Roush, grandson of Philip Roush and Great grandson of John Adam > Roush. Any other proof of parentage, other than the Roush histories would be > great. > > Anyone have any knowledge of such records or archives where they can be > found? Any other ideas? > > Thanks! > > Judy > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Judith Ross Middle Georgia Regional Library > Serials/Reference Librarian 1180 Washington Avenue > 912/744-0831 Macon, GA 31201 > fax: 912/742-3161 [email protected] > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > To access the archived messages, try either or both of these Web sites: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl