Elizabeth There was a Mathias and Catharine who had children from 1787-1800, but I do not find a baptism for Mathias: Source: 'Berks Co Church Records of 18th Century' by F Edward Wright, vol 4, pub 1994; Atolheo (Altalaha Lutheran) aka Beaver Creek,  Tulpehocken Twp, in Rehrersburg: p 116 Johannes Wolf of Matthas Wolf and Catharina, b 10/26/1787, bp 11/25/1787, spons: Georg Michel Groh and Maria p 120 Elisabeth of Matheus Wolf and Catharina b. 1/21/1790, bp 2/14/1790, spons: Elisabeth Zerbeesin, widow p 123 Catharine of Matthias Wolf and Catharina b. 11/18/1791 bp 12/25/1791, spons: Elisabeth Zerbezin, single In same series, Vol 5, pub 2011 Pinegrove Twp and Church: (This is now Schuylkill Co as of 1812) p 23 child of Matthew Wolf, born --, bp 11/22/1795, spon: Jonathan Zerbe p 26 Barbara of Matthias Wolf and Catharina, b 6/10/1800 bp 11/14/1800, spons: Michael Bressler and wife Barbara. If this is your Mathias's family, I would say he was born in mid to late 1760s, not late 1770s! Hope this helps...... Diana in AL audianaq@msn.com Elizabeth at newintr@gmail.com wrote on Fri, 24 Aug 2012  Diana, >From your post below it looks like you can access various sources in Berks Co. May I ask for a look up please? I am searching for the parents of a Mattias (Matthew, Matthes, Matheus, etc.) WOLF (WOLFF, WOOLF, WOLFE, WULF, etc) b. abt. 1779 or so. His wife was Catharina ?. They went from Berks Co to Schuylkill Co abt 1798. I suppose I would need to find a will or something like that in order to prove his parentage. Would you have any kind of information on a Mathias/etc.? Thank you very much, Elizabeth