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
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 > >