This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: omasue175 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/901.1141.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bill, I think you sent me your direct email address, but I can't find it--so here goes. I had conflicting information about Michael Braun (no dob) son of Frederick Braun (1739) and Louisa. I had his wife as Hannah or Hanna Knorr or Catherine Scherry. I have determined since that neither one is correct. Last night I spent time in both Ancestry and Google. There are many Braun lines in Berks County. One of them is descended from a Johan Phillip who was born 1697 in Hesse, Germany. He immigrated in the 1720's and had a large posterity including a Michael born 3 Mar 1790 who married Hanna Maria Knorr 4 Dec 1810 in Trinity Church, Tulpehocken. This family may be Catholic as I have found many records for Braun/Browns with similiar given names to our family in Catholic church records. Michael Braun married to Catherine or Maria Catherine Scherry (Scherer) was a son of Michael Braun who was the son of a Johan Jost Braun and was in the Northumberland Twp (My notes are bad--Nor. .something). The end result is that I am going to leave our Michael Braun unattached! now until I can find something definitive and hopefully from the Longswamp Twp. I will go into the WPA cemetery records for that area and see what I can find. If you have any confirming data for Michael's wife and children, or find anything, or know if he moved to another area, let me know. All we know for sure (or all I know for sure) is that he was mentioned in Frederick's will. Thanks and have a great weekend coming up--Perhaps you are a football fan?? Sue omasue@hotmail.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.