Betty, That's my family. You gave me a few pieces I didn't know, I can fill them up. Aaron, the father in the 1850 census died in the Gettysburg fight where so many men died. I found out Gettysburg was building brick paths to honor those men so I bought a brick to honor him. They even told me which path his brick went into. Thanks Joan L in FL In a message dated 5/4/2008 1:19:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bjburdan@dejazzd.com writes: I have Sands in my families and I've done a bit of research on them. Sorry to say I don't think I've run into your Aaron and Susan unless they are any one of the following notes I have in my Sands folder. Betty 1850 Reading, NW Ward, Berks Co., PA Roll 752 p. 223 Aaron Sands, 35, laborer Susan Sands, 34 Catharine Sands, 13 William Sands, 11 Henry Sands, 9 Elizabeth Sands, 7 Aaron Sands, 5 Reading, Berks County, PA Death Records 1873-1892 Jacob Sands d. Oct. 22, 1873 age 21 months, convulsions, s/o Aaron Sands Resided 132 Poplar Street b. Reading, buried Aulenbach Cemetery Annie Sands d. July 10, 1892, 6 months, convulsions, d/o Aaron Resided 926 Nicholls St., b. Reading, buried Aulenbach Cemetery Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA Sands, Aaron (1844-1916) 71 yrs., buried Jan. 31, 1916, Regt. 17th PA Cav. Lot 233 West, Section B, Grave 5 Sands, Aaron, buried Jan. 3, 1917, age 48 yrs, Lott 233 West, Section B Sands, Aaron (1867-1924) buried March 17, 1924, Lot 324, Section D1, Grave 1 1st Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, PA Aaron Sems[?] (b. May 29, 1844 bpt. July 10, 1848) s/o Aaron & Susannah Sems, sponsors none [Might be Sands, Aaron (1844-1916) 71 yrs., buried Jan. 31, 1916, Co. C. 162 Regt. 17th PA Cav. buried Aulenbach Cemetery, Lot 233 West Sec B Grave 5] Sarah Ann Sems[?] (b. 13 w Sat. bpt. July 10, 1848) d/o Aaron & Susanna Sems, Sponsor Sarah Edward At 11:10 AM 5/4/2008, you wrote: >Betty, I'm looking for Mary Ann Sands born to Aaron and Susan (Young) Sands. > She said she was born in Bechtelstown, but now it could be Bechtelsville. >She was born 31 March 1851. They moved around quite a bit. > >Joan L in FL > ==== 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.stat es.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 **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)