Doc Swartz et al::}~ Inscriptions for the people buried in the Hershey/Brehm Farm Cemetery (also known as the Indian Echo Caverns Cemetery), may be found in the Derry Township Historical Society. I do not have them in my records, but thanks for the data. You can view your SWARTZ ancestors' stones in the Lower Swatara SWARTZ cemetery by linking up to: SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html>. Regret your not getting my previous communications relative to your ancestors. You may find the genealogy records from Jim SWARTZ's daughter interesting, and the history of SWARTZ immigration by Beverly SWARTZ doubly so. Regards, and keep in touch. Don't fail to get out and dig up the people! CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>

I AM NOT RECEIVING MY NEWSLETTERS FOR DAUPHUIN COUNTY PA. THANKYOU JOAN

I'm seeking verification of the presence in Dauphin County circa 1850s of five brothers named VANDERBURG, especially of one Nelson VANDERBURG, married to Mary Ann GOULD, who supposedly went to that area from Ontario circa 1850 "to farm" and returned to Canada about ten years later. This person, Nelson, is my gg grandfather and I'm trying to trace his ancestry. I'm also wondering if there is a VANDERBURG or VANDERBURGH family that existed in Dauphin County prior to that time. Any assistance greatly appreciated! JERRY GARLEB lat34@earthlink.net Lake Hughes, California

I'm looking for the parents of Elizabeth Mae Kissinger: Roger Cramer Peoria, AZ <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/RogerCubs/index.html">Roger & Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site</A> http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html Descendants of Elizabeth Mae Kissinger 1 Elizabeth Mae KISSINGER b: April 2, 1859 d: August 24, 1925 Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 66 .. +James Franklin HOFFMAN b: August 1, 1855 m: June 17, 1877 d: January 8, 1913 Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 57 Father: Henry C. Hoffman Mother: Sarah "Sallie" Welker . 2 Harry Daniel HOFFMAN b: November 5, 1878 d: January 19, 1944 Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 65 ..... +Jennie Melinda SHADLE b: October 25, 1883 d: November 30, 1973 in Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 90 Father: Robert Wilson Shadle Mother: Sarah Phillips . 2 George Lewis HOFFMAN b: September 16, 1880 d: May 27, 1882 Burial: Simeon Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., PA Age at death: 1 . 2 Sallie Rebecca HOFFMAN b: November 22, 1882 d: Aft. April 1953 Age at death: 70 est. ..... +Oliver KEMBEL . 2 Amelia Mae HOFFMAN b: April 28, 1885 d: April 12, 1953 in Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., PA Burial: Fairview/Enders Cemetery, Enders, Jackson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA Age at death: 67 ..... +Harry E. DIETRICH b: 1883 d: November 20, 1933 Burial: Fairview/Enders Cemetery, Enders, Jackson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA Age at death: 50 est. Father: Philip Dietrich Mother: Ida C. . 2 Nellie Agnes HOFFMAN b: August 16, 1887 d: Aft. April 1953 Age at death: 65 est. ..... +Robert REED . 2 Carrie Minerva HOFFMAN b: July 23, 1889 d: Bef. April 1953 Age at death: 63 est. . 2 Lottie Viola HOFFMAN b: December 9, 1891 d: Bef. April 1953 Age at death: 61 est. . 2 Maggie Elizabeth HOFFMAN b: February 27, 1894 d: Aft. April 1953 Age at death: 59 est. ..... +Allen KOPPENHAVER b: Abt. 1892 . 2 Hannah Ellen HOFFMAN b: June 23, 1896 d: Aft. April 1953 Age at death: 56 est. ..... +Ralph KREISS . 2 Robert Stone HOFFMAN b: January 17, 1899 d: 1933 Burial: Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 34 est. . 2 Gertrude Irene HOFFMAN b: November 3, 1901 in Gratz, Dauphin Co., PA d: September 18, 1997 in Topton, PA Burial: Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 95 ..... +Allen Daniel KOPPENHAVER b: November 26, 1903 in Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., PA m: June 27, 1928 d: April 1982 in Minersville, Schuylkill Co., PA Burial: Valley View, Schuylkill Co., PA Age at death: 78 est. Father: John W. Koppenhaver Mother: Vianna Lydia Schwalm

Looking for information on this KEEFER family: Roger Cramer Peoria, AZ <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/RogerCubs/index.html">Roger & Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site</A> http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html Descendants of Andrew K. Keefer 1 Andrew K. KEEFER b: Abt. 1828 .. +Mary MOYER b: Abt. 1830 . 2 John A. KEEFER b: Abt. 1848 . 2 Joseph Henry KEEFER b: October 7, 1849 in Millersburg, Dauphin Co., PA d: August 23, 1942 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Lightsville Cemetery near Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL Age at death: 92 ..... +Amelia Catherine REBER b: August 8, 1856 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL m: December 18, 1879 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL d: December 21, 1945 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Lightsville Cemetery near Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL Age at death: 89 Father: Charles Bright Reber Mother: Mary Shirk Roger Cramer Peoria, AZ <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/RogerCubs/index.html">Roger & Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site</A> http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html

Re-send corrections ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Fies Retired <chasfies@worldnet.att.net> To: Robert Winters <Bobdotwin@msn.com> Cc: Espenshade, Ken <espen1611@aol.com>; <PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: Geyers Church Cemetery ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Winters To: Charles Fies Retired Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:56 AM Subject: Geyers Church Cemetery Hello...My name is Dorothy Beadle Winters and I just found this site of the cemetery where my parents Ruth and Herbert Beadle are buried. They lived at 1824 Geyers Church Rd, Middletown and passed away in 1996.. How happy I am to have found it and see the pictures of the church and cemetery. I live in Bucks County, Pa.and do not get back to Middletown very often. My Husband's (Robert) family is also buried there. Maude and W. Ray Winters were his parents and his grandparents were Abram and Annie Geyer-Winters. His two brothers are buried there Larry and Donald Winters. He also had a brother who was lost at sea during WWII. In January we found his name listed on the casuality list of the ship "Rohna" which was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea November 26, 1943. His name was Homer M. Winters. You can read about this sinking at www.whidbey.net/rohna/rohna.htm In the North Africa American Cemetery ia a Memorial Wall which has his name on it. But we would like to put a marker ( In memory ) on his parents lot. Do you know who we can contact at the Geyers cemetery to see if this would be permitted? I would also like to know more about the Geyer family history. Do you have any information on the Geyer family or know who I can contact to obtain a starting point? I want to thank you for all the hard work you put into making this site available. You sure made my day! Thanks so much...........Dorothy Bobdotwin@msn.com Dorothy Beadle Winters: Per your request, I am forwarding you the e-mail address of Kenneth Espenshade, caretaker of the Geyer's Hillsdale Cemetery: mailto:espen1611@aol.com. Ken can give you procedures to be followed for your proposed memorial. Good luck. Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>

There are six or seven different first names to the surname of METZGER which appear in the Northumberland County Historical Society Proceeding books. Also, their are many METZGER references on-line if a search for the surname is run through Rootsweb Pennsylvania Archives. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KBlanck725@aol.com> To: <PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] METZGER > Hello List, > I have an extensive book compiled by the Metzger family with a few > references to the LaRue line. LaRue was used mostly as a middle name in the > Metzger family. Most of this family centers around Williamsport in Lycoming > Co. No mention to John Jr. or Anna Marie that I've seen queried before. My > wife descends from the Metzger line through the Bussom line. > > Jon Blanck > KBlanck725@aol.com > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > KISS- Keep It Short & Simple >

Hello List, I have an extensive book compiled by the Metzger family with a few references to the LaRue line. LaRue was used mostly as a middle name in the Metzger family. Most of this family centers around Williamsport in Lycoming Co. No mention to John Jr. or Anna Marie that I've seen queried before. My wife descends from the Metzger line through the Bussom line. Jon Blanck KBlanck725@aol.com

> > Hello, Retired Charles E. Fies, > I'm still belaboring my METZGER brick wall. > I just reviewed your cemetery listing for Sant Peter's Kierch again. > Many of my METZGERs are buried there --John and Anna Maria ("Mary") METZGER > and some of their children. > I wish I could figure out where the rest of the children are......like John > METZGER Jr. (1766-1820) > I know from Egle's notes John Jr. had a son LaRue Metzger, Esq. > > I'm looking for Francis LARUE METZGER (1795-1853)........no clue who his > parents are. I'm ASSUMING he's from > the John Sr. and Anna Maria LaRue line because of his middle name. I'm > trolling various PA lists to try to get a clue. > He eventually lived in Union County, then Potter County. > > Would Grace DeHart's book or C.H. Hutchinson's book have ANYTHING on > METZGERS? > > Thanks for listening to me. > ~carol > > > Carol METZGER WILKERSON > Portland OR > > e-mail: hatlady@teleport.com Carol::}~ Nice hearing from you again, and refreshing my resolve to get some family details from what's-her-name METZGER, who's father, MAURICE METZGER, ESQ, passed away in my lifetime. Her METZGER family are all scattered around the greater Middletown area, some of which, of course, are in the cemeteries I have listed. C. H. HUTCHINSON's "CHRONICLES OF MIDDLETOWN" refers to the names you mentioned: Pg 253 shows LE RUE METZGER a member of UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS Pgs 42, 43 shows JOHN METZGAR involved in building the Lutheran Church @ 1767 Other scattered references, also exist, on various METZGAR/METZGER naames. "God's Acres" by Grace DeHart references John & Mary (b. 1740, 1747), and Jacob & Mary (b. 1779, 1773), plus others. Few detailed relationships available. Next time I talk with Edith (just remembered whats-her-name!) I'll see if she has any kind of family details written down. She mentioned them before, but I sorta forgot. Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>

Unfortunately they want a credit card number........then you're responsible for cutting them off when the fourteen days are past or you'll end up a subscriber anyway.(-: I like the REALLY free access opportunities (no credit card attached)......which they used to offer about twice a year. They may have stopped that? ~carol METZGER WILKERSON Portland, OR -----Original Message----- From: Joe Buffington [mailto:joebuff159@uswest.net] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 5:03 PM To: PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PADAUPHI] FW NOTE; This was on Rootsweb I received today........ Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the No. 1 Source for Family History Online. Search more than 700 MILLION NAMES and trace your family tree today. Go to: www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11GC Joe & Lorraine "The Land of Arizona" Visit our Web Site http://www.homestead.com/JoeBuffington/index.html BUUFFINGTON-PIKE-SPECHT-ZIMMERMAN

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Try (717) 255-2741 ----- Original Message ----- From: <AhliveOyl@aol.com> To: <PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:18 PM Subject: [PADAUPHI] Dauphin County Courthouse > Hello All: > > Could someone please give me the phone number for the Dauphin County > Courthouse? I called a number given online - 1-717-255-2699 - 3 times today > and there was no answer. Anyone have a better number. Thank you - Ahlive > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PADAUPHI-L-request@rootsweb.com or PADAUPHI-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. >

To mrsbooker from this list - - thank you very much for the telephone number - Ahlive

Does anyone have the Dauphin County Wills except the Courthouse? (I'm a few thousand miles away.) I'm looking for the wills or estate settlements for: John METZGER (b. 24 June 1740 Middletown d. 24 April 1826) and his son John METZGER (b. 13 Sept 1766 d. 1820) Thanks. ~carol~ Carol METZGER WILKERSON Portland, OR

Does anyone have the Dauphin County Wills except the Courthouse? (I'm a few thousand miles away.) I'm looking for the wills or estate settlements for: John METZGER (b. 24 June 1740 Middletown d. 24 April 1826) and his son John METZGER (b. 13 Sept 1766 d. 1820) Thanks. ~carol~ Carol METZGER WILKERSON Portland, OR

The Prothonotary's office is 255-2697 --- AhliveOyl@aol.com wrote: > Hello All: > > Could someone please give me the phone number for > the Dauphin County > Courthouse? I called a number given online - > 1-717-255-2699 - 3 times today > and there was no answer. Anyone have a better > number. Thank you - Ahlive > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are > getting list or digest mode then e-mail > PADAUPHI-L-request@rootsweb.com or > PADAUPHI-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in > message. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

Hello, I have been searching unsuccessfully so far for the family of Conrad Heilman born 1760. He appears as a single man in 1782 in northern Baltimore County MD just over the line from Manheim Tp, York PA (in the area which is now Carroll County). He married in York in 1783, and is buried there, at St. David's/Shermans church (with his daughter and son-in-law John Fultz and Annamaria Heilman Fultz). However, I don't believe he ever lived there. Just today I read that a Conrad Heilman is found in early Dauphin tax lists and that made me very excited. I believe it may have been the Conrad Heilman who came to American in 1752 as a 28-year-old man. Who could have been father to my Conrad. Anyway, anybody with information on Heilman - or with access to the tax lists in any form who can confirm this for me - or anybody willing to peek in resource books to see if Conrad Heilman appears - ???? Thanks for any pointers, Jane Peppler in North Carolina

In a message dated 03/27/2001 5:55:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, RKRNaples@aol.com writes: > Can anyone tell me of German-speaking churches in York County in the 1850s? Possibilities are the current Church of the Brethren then know as German Baptist or Dunkards. Another would be German Reformed and also Lutheran Bob

Try 1-717-255-2741 Carolyn Murray-Leinweber 440-354-9975 Genealogically Researching the following Surnames: MURRAY: Schuylkill, Luzerne, Lackawanna Cntys., PA, CA, & SCTLND KIEHL-KESSLER-OXENRIDER: Schuylkill, NUmbrlnd, Dauphin Cntys., PA FEES: Lebanon, Schuylkill Cntys., PA, TN WILLIAMS: Schuylkill Cnty., PA & WALES ZIMMERMAN: Dauphin, Schuylkill Cntys., PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <AhliveOyl@aol.com> To: <PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:18 PM Subject: [PADAUPHI] Dauphin County Courthouse > Hello All: > > Could someone please give me the phone number for the Dauphin County > Courthouse? I called a number given online - 1-717-255-2699 - 3 times today > and there was no answer. Anyone have a better number. Thank you - Ahlive > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PADAUPHI-L-request@rootsweb.com or PADAUPHI-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. >

Hello All: Could someone please give me the phone number for the Dauphin County Courthouse? I called a number given online - 1-717-255-2699 - 3 times today and there was no answer. Anyone have a better number. Thank you - Ahlive