I am looking for the correct burial place for Johannes Albrecht b.1697 d. 1752 and his wife Anna Barbara. I have seen a number of places on-line that claim he was buried at the Fritz Burial Ground in Douglass Township, Berks County. I have been doing research on the Fritz Burial ground for nearly 20 years and have found no evidence that this Johannes Albrecht and his wife are buried there, nor any connection between these Albrechts and the families buried at the Fritz or living near it. This Johannes Albrecht and his family lived in Upper Bern/Bern Township, Berks County in a section that was taken from Lancaster County in 1752 when Berks was erected. Three of his children moved to North Carolina in the 1760s. The Fritz Burial Ground is more than 30 miles from Shartlesville, which is near where this Johannes probably lived. That seems a very long distance to travel to be buried in a small graveyard, set aside for those who lived around the graveyard. There is a Johannes Albrecht buried at the Fritz, but he was born 4 years after the Upper Bern Johannes Albrecht died, so he is not a son and as far as I can find, he was not related in any way to the Bern Johannes Albrecht. Does anyone know where this Johannes Albrecht (1697-1752) might be buried, or any proof that he is buried at the Fritz, besides what someone has posted on line? Betty Burdan

Betty ... I'm intrigued by the Fritz Burial Ground that you mentioned. Is it possible that it is not FRITZ, but FRIEFS or FRIESS? I ask because I have the obit for a Friess ancestor which states he was buried in the Friess family cemetery, but I have been unable to find any such cemetery. We have found different variations of the Friess spelling, so your post makes me curious.... Ray Friess > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:42:55 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [PABERKS] Johannes Albrecht & Anna Barbara > > I am looking for the correct burial place for Johannes Albrecht > b.1697 d. 1752 and his wife Anna Barbara. > > I have seen a number of places on-line that claim he was buried at > the Fritz Burial Ground in Douglass Township, Berks County. I have > been doing research on the Fritz Burial ground for nearly 20 years > and have found no evidence that this Johannes Albrecht and his wife > are buried there, nor any connection between these Albrechts and the > families buried at the Fritz or living near it. > > This Johannes Albrecht and his family lived in Upper Bern/Bern > Township, Berks County in a section that was taken from Lancaster > County in 1752 when Berks was erected. Three of his children moved to > North Carolina in the 1760s. The Fritz Burial Ground is more than 30 > miles from Shartlesville, which is near where this Johannes probably > lived. That seems a very long distance to travel to be buried in a > small graveyard, set aside for those who lived around the graveyard. > > There is a Johannes Albrecht buried at the Fritz, but he was born 4 > years after the Upper Bern Johannes Albrecht died, so he is not a son > and as far as I can find, he was not related in any way to the Bern > Johannes Albrecht. > > Does anyone know where this Johannes Albrecht (1697-1752) might be > buried, or any proof that he is buried at the Fritz, besides what > someone has posted on line? > > Betty Burdan > > > ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== > [email protected] > > To contact the List Administrator: > Rick Berkheiser, [email protected] > > To visit the Berks Message Board: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks > > To visit the Berks County, PA website: > http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ > Hosted by Nancy Freehafer > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message