Reminder - I caution researchers who have yet to discover their immigrant's point of european origin . . the immigrant may well be Swiss and, although they spoke German and had records recorded in German script, be very much a Switzer not a German. I thought mine were German for years based upon a tombstone which said "from Germany" but they were very much Swiss when I found these ancestors in the Faust book on 18th century Swiss emigrants to America, along with fellow passengers leaving Switzerland the same year and arriving in AMerica the same year on outgoing and incoming immigrant lists! Jack Ruple (Swiss is "Roppel") P.S. I've been reading all the great emails from you, Geri, and others . . . maybe someday I will find Hans Jacob Roppel (Ruple, or variant - 1767 emigrant from Switzerland) just as I found my direct ancestor Martin Roppel (Ruple) who instead went to Charleston, South Carolina, another GErman Swiss port in the 18th century. Geri Brennan <gerifelker@webtv.net> wrote : > lehigh co.. history > weaver family. > frederick weber, who is believed to have been the emigrant ancestor of this > branch was doubtless a german, for in the collection of the his. soc. of pa., > and in a deed of conveyance of the property to his son george in 1770, his name > is wriiten in german scrip "freyedrich weber" the date of his arrival > is unknown but probably prio to 1727, inamuch as his name does not appear in the > list of those who took the oath. > > weaver family. > the ancestor of the weaver family emigrated from germany and settled in va., > afterward locating in lehigh co. then northampton. he had a son valentine who > married a miss weygandt. > > Best Wishes, Geri > > > ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== > PABERKS@rootsweb.com > > To contact the List Administrator: > Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com > > 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 PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message