Listmembers, Thanks for you help with my Grgrandparents! Would nayone know how I could get a copy of the Death Certificate of Jacob Siniff and Elizabeth Sanderson Siniff/Sinift??? Also does anyone know where the Sinift Farm was located??? In 1870 Jacob Sinift was living in Richland Township,, Fairfield County. For those of you who may find a Siniff/Sinift, etc. in your family tree, I would like to let you know we all descend from Johan Phillip Senft, he was of German descent and arrived in America in 1751. I think he was about 22 at this time (not sure). He moved to York, Pa. and was married to Anna Mary Bens/Bentz sometimes spelled Pence in 1754/55. They had several children Those of us who research this family still do not know how many sons they had, in any event one or two of their sons moved to Washington County, Maryland and were living there in 1790. My Ancestor Jacob Sain Sinift was born to Jacob Siniff/ and Catharine Sain Sinift in Maryland in 1799. He alson with his parents Sinift relatives, Aunts, Uncles and cousins and other families, moved to Fairfield County very early 1800s, possibly aboutt 1803. I recall from some information I once read some of the families they travelled with were Householders, Lehmans, Lowes, Kinnards and Allens. I'm sure Sain/Sane families were also with them. Jacob Senft/Siniff/Sinift was married to Nancy Gothrup around 1820. I have looked but have not seen this name in Fairfield or Perry County. Jacob and Nancy had several children and they married into some of the families they travelled to Ohio with, and into the Miller family., The Sinift family were devout Methodists and part of the early Methodist movement. Some information our family has indicates travelling Methodist Ministers stayed in Jacob Siniff/Sinifts home. I do not know what happened to all of Jacob and Nancys children. I do know that after Nancys death Jacob Sinift married Elizabeth in 1862 and thay had 2 sons one lived and he was my Grandfather James Milton Sinift B 1865. James Married Mary Catherine "Maud" Musser and my Dad was their change of life Baby born in 1918. Mary Catharine Sinist was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Anna Rush Musser. Years after her husband Samuel Mussers death she married Asbury Elder, he preceeded her in death. Sarah Rush Musser Elder lived to her 90s, and milked a cow the day she ded in Dec. of 1826. Of course Perry County had been there for mrre than 100 years prior to then and my families lived near the Fairfield Perry CCounty line. MyGrandmother Mary Catharine Musser was the GrGrGrandaughter of Captain Christian Binckley/Binkley. He was one of the earliest settlers of what is now Perry County. his daughter Sarah Christina had married Henry Theobald Musser back in Maryland and they along with many families came to Ohio. I would love any of my family members to contact me. Our family pretty much left the area when their Parents died. My Dad Herbert Victor Sinift was orphaned at 12 and came to Michigan to live with his older Brother Samuel Sinift in Detroit Michigan. Herbert died in 1959, at 40 years of age. With Warm Regards Sandra Sinift Firek Wyandotte, Michigan 48192 734 283-7718