Tony Now that is what I call a family historian!! Working on allied lines to geT at the big picture!!- I hope you retain credit for your work.. Paul Pettit ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:39 PM Subject: Feyerabend - Firoved family tree > Hello all, > I recently completed [or at least as far as I want to go now] a > genealogy of this family. I am not related to this family, but have found > that > various people of this family kept popping up on my "twigs." So I have > attempted > to see how they are related. > It is not a common surname, so much so that it appears that all the > people of this surname that I have found before the middle 1800's are > related. > In short, John Feyerabend immigrated in 1772 to Phila. His indenture > was purchased by Rev. Muhlenburg. John settled in the Lebanon twp area, > where > he served in the Revolution. He became a landowner and started a family. > In > the 1790's he moved to the North Middleton area of Cumberland Co. and > became > known by the surname Fireoved. Here his children and grandchildren > married into > the various German families of central Cumberland Co. Many of his > offspring > moved to the midwest and by the mid 1800's this family name became extinct > in > Cumberland Co. although many descendents remained with other surnames. > If you wish, the results can be found at > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carlthoover& > id=I221 > > Tony >