A lot of the early German settlers in Crawford County came from eastern PA rather than directly from Germany. A good many of them came from Berks Co. and/or Lehigh Co., after having been in that area for several generations. You might want to look there for your family name or names. Annette >From: "favret" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Bragel/Brakel >Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:41:52 -0500 > >Thank you so much for your reply! Do you know of other sources of >information on the German migration to Venango Township? Did they usually >come through Philadelphia? Sue >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Annette Lynch" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 7:00 PM >Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Bragel/Brakel > > > > If Mr. Brakel was a German Lutheran, then Venango Twp. was a logical >place > > to be. Zion Church (a union church - Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed) >was > > established in Venango Twp. quite early in the county's history. >Records > > from this church survive from 1814 to 1871, although some years seem >spotty. > > The original records are on deposit at the Lutheran Archives, >Langenheim > > Library, Thiel College, Greenville, PA. The Crawford Co. Genealogical > > Society published the baptisms and confirmations in its 1995 journals. > > > > Unfortunately, the Brakel name, under any spelling, does not appear in >the > > baptisms, communicants, or confirmations. > > > > Annette Lynch > > Meadville, PA > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "favret" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: [Crawf'rd] Bragel/Brakel > > >Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:43:51 -0500 > > > > > >I'm looking for any information from Crawford County on John > > >BRAGEL/BRAKEL/BRAEKEL. He was in Venango Township for the 1840 census, > > >leaving with his family later in the decade for Iowa where he died. He >was > > >a German Lutheran. Were there any Lutheran churches (or circuit >riders) >in > > >Crawford County at that time? Thanks, Sue > > > > > > > > >==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > >----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- > > >When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! > > >It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. > > > > > >============================== > > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, > > >go to: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. > > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp > > > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ > > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== >----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- >When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! >It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Broadband? Dial-up? Get reliable MSN Internet Access. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp