I am seeking the descendants of Matthias WALCH family who lived in the heart of the Penna Dutch area in Cocalico Township Lancaster County, PA, in the 1700,s. Matthias WALCH lived there as late as 1787 He married Juliana WEINHOLD I found a record that they had at least one daughter, Maria Juliana, born 28 March 1782, she was Baptized 10 April 1782. The following are other WALCH / WALCK families who lived in the same area at about the same time: Dietrich WALCH who m'd. Margaret unk . He was taxed in 1779 & 1780 they had twins, born 29 Dec. 1781: Maria & Barbara Friedrich WALCK was m'd. to Christine unk. They had a son, Samuel. b. 29 May1799, and Bapt. 10 Aug. 1799 (Brickerville Luth. church, Warwick Twp. , Lanc. Co.,PA. D.Ernest Weinhold Manheim,PA deweinhold@juno ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Today I received the Administration for PETER NOWEL [NOEL] JR. He is the son of Peter Noel Sr. Peter Sr. born 1719 in France died in 1771 His son was reported to have died in 1779 however that is the date the administration bond was filed, The inventory of his Estate was made on Feb. 19 1777 therefore he died prior to that date. His widow Henrietta Noel was remarried by the time the Administration was filed on 6th Feb 1779. She is married to CHRISTOPHER SPEACE. The wording is WE Christopher Speace and Henrietta Speace, the said Henrietta being the late widow and Relict of Peter Noel late of Paradise township deceased and Robert J. Chester and William Mummart all of the Aforesaid county [York] are held and firmly bound. etc. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF THE SPEACE FAMILY. The Peter seems to be the son of PETER SR since his administration is still paying off the debts from his fathers will to his brothers and sisters. Ted

Can Dauphin, CO. PA records be searched on line? Is there an index to Dauphin church records? I have been searching for the birth place for Daniel MUSSER b. 24 June 1793 somewhere in PA. The 1820 census shows a Daniel Musser that fits the age frame. It shows him with a family. It is the only Daniel who is listed in manufacturing. Daniel was a hatter by trade. Daniel Musser showed up in Cynthiana, Harrison, CO. KY in 1824. He married a 18 year old Mary Ann Jones in 1826. He died in 1851 due to Cholera. I would appreciate ideas of how to check out this Daniel Musser. Thanks

Hi .... I am trying to reach Kathleen Bauer who once had an address on fusenet.com. Have information to share with her. Dick Creps

Hi All, I found the following link to the Catholic Encyclopedia. I have not explored it fully, but from what I have seen, it seems to be a good info source! http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SSchu22739@aol.com Surnames: Anderson, Hasselor, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), McAnulty,McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.

Hi Barb, Have you seen the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage articles by Jane Evans BEST? If not I strongly recommend you have a look at the article below. It gives an outline of many of the early BAER families in PA. My line is via Michael below. Regards, Glen Brunskill. !Source: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Vol 21, Number 3 Pg 13 July 1998 "BA1231.1 Michael Bar (was C1 and BA 1232), note 17, b. ca. 1705; wp. Feb. 17, 1770, Cocalico Twp.; Mennonite; on 4, 1734, warranted land in Cocalico Twp.; erected mill between 1750 and 1760. m. Magdalena ______, b. ca 1710; d. 1791, Cocalico Twp." Note 17: Pg 25 "Will A-1-226, Lancaster (dat. 12 Jan 1770). J.R. Johns, Muriel K.Steffy, Florinne Olsen Heisey, History of Denver, 1735-1975, (1976)' pg 9-14. Edith Strohm Rife (1882-1983), to Dr. C. Richard Brandt." Message text written by INTERNET:BBauer212@aol.com > Hi ! Seeking information on the origins of Johannes Baer, born 29 September 1749 in Lancaster Co. PA, married 26 October 1772 Anna Maria Beilstein in Lancaster First Reformed Church. Their children were Jacob 1, Heinrich, Johannes, George, Barbara, David, Abraham, Jacob 2, Daniel, Nancy Anna and Benjamin. Johannes Sr. died 1 November 1798 in Newberry Twp. York Co. PA. Appreciate any information you can share. Thanks, Barb <

I apologize to those of you who will see this posting more than once, but I am cross-posting. To those of you who may be new to these lists, there is a great research resource available thru a large group of volunteers from around the world. People who have readily available research resources and are willing to share their time with others, have listed themselves with an area in Rootsweb called BOOKS WE OWN. You can check there to see if anyone has information that you think you might be able to use, and then follow the procedures for contacting the person[s] with those materials. Please remember to follow the prescribed guidelines, tho, for requesting these lookups. Also, if you have resources available and would like to give some back, there is a section in there for signing up as a volunteer. Enjoy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/index.html R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ kinseeker4@earthlink.net Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

I attended a class on using "familysearch.org " yesterday. It was interesting to note that: 1. The LDS made a deal to microfilm records at their expense and provide copy as request free to the governments whose records they copied. 2. The original films are on a silver (not deteriorate film) from which all copies are made. 3. The originals are stored deep in a Mountain near Salt Lake City. 4. Many records were lost recently due to earthquakes, flood, etc., The filmed records were restored by using copies of the films held by the LDS storage facility. 5. They have records from all over the world. I Hope this was of interest.

Hi all, Just wanted to know if anybody has the names Nachbar (Neighbor, Nochber), Schenkel (Schenkle, Shankle, Shinkle, Shangle), or Leidig (Lydick) in 1700's NJ. &/or Pa. Or the name Breth (Breath, Breatt, Brett) in 1800's Pa. & would like to share info. Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SSchu22739@aol.com Surnames: Anderson, Hasselor, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), McAnulty,McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.

I am trying to help a newbie with his first steps in genealogical research: I would like to put him in touch with existing genealogies ( hardcopy or online) as well as others researching the surnames of NUSBAUM ( his spelling) and NUSSBAUM. Thanks in advance! Margaret Shank ( Arvada, CO)

Thanks I've added them to my favorites. Ted

O.M.I.I. Genealogical Project Kidron Heritage Center updated February 23, 2000 http://www.wgbc.org/hindex.htm By Robert N. Geiser, CPA, CCP - Apple Creek, OH Information on a Swiss Mennonite & German Amish genealogy project and access to 3 databases with a total of over 450,000 individuals. The Kidron database has been updated to 324,324 and James Hostetler's database has been updated to 240,070. This page had over 57,500 user sessions from Jan 1, 1998 - Nov 30, 1999 by people from the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Argentina, Denmark, New Zealand, Sweden, Hong Kong and Italy. People find this page from using Gendex, Altavista's Search Engine, Yahoo's Search Engine, Family Tree Maker's web site, Roots Web web site, Net Find Search Engine, Cindy's List web site and many others. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Sections you can jump to... Past is irrelevant w/o a future Key surnames in our databases Access to our databases & GENDEX Info for searching databases O.M.I.I. Genealogy Project O.M.I.I. Membership List O.M.I.I. Entry Guide Kidron Heritage Center [E-Mail Kidron Heritage Center] Sample Internet Search Engines Sample Internet Web Links [E-Mail Adam Barrone] New O.M.I.I. web page by Adam Barrone [E-Mail Roger Geiser] [E-Mail James Hostetler] Sources used by James Hostetler [E-Mail David Habegger] [E-Mail me (Bob Geiser)] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To integrate what you have into the Kidron database... you need to "snail-mail" it to Roger Geiser - 1550 Spruce Street Ext. - Wooster, OH 44691 or e-mail it to me and I will load it onto his computer. If you would like to send us a copy of your Gedcom file, we can run some diagnostics on it for you and give you a report on some dates that you might want to check. This tests for age at marriage, age at death, age difference between spouses, age at birth of children, etc. and is useful for catching entry errors. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Key Surnames in our 3 databases... Kidron's Top 99 Surnames: Martin 13,356 - Miller 8,033 - Zimmerman 6,410 - Weaver 5,696 - Yoder 3,800 - Lehman 3,516 - Berkey 3,381 - Steiner 3,030 - Burkholder 2,817 - Horst 2,809 - Eberly 2,775 - Hoover 2,768 - Good 2,320 - Wenger 2,253 - Nolt 2,116 - Brubaker 2,036 - Burkey 1,956 - Stauffer 1,947 - Amstutz 1,943 - Thomas 1,941 - Sensenig 1,686 - Gerber 1,615 - Shirk 1,583 - Sprunger 1,582 - Hershberger 1,470 - Moser 1,454 - Hilty 1,370 - Smith 1,330 - Troyer 1,235 - Mast 1,215 - Neuenschwander 1,186 - Geiser 1,176 - Kauffman 1,146 - Schwartz 1,065 - Nussbaum 1,038 - Hostetler 1,019 - Baumgartner 1,019 - Schrock 944 - Sauder 942 - Eby 922 - Weber 844 - Snyder 806 - Basinger 803 - Hurst 799 - Habegger 797 - Landis 792 - Showalter 768 - Witmer 753 - Roth 749 - Diller 745 - Musser 737 - Stutzman 734 - Gehman 733 - Horning 717 - Liechty 715 - Newswanger 712 - Reiff 710 - Hochstetler 707 - Groff 698 - Fox 688 - Beer 684 - King 683 - Welty 662 - Conrad 660 - Johnson 642 - Kurtz 628 - Schmucker 627 - Bowman 620 - Ebersole 599 - Stoltzfus 598 - Rohrer 595 - Graber 595 - Schlabach 594 - Oberholtzer 594 - Zuercher 584 - Fisher 577 - Myers 569 - Bauman 566 - Gingerich 561 - Keim 558 - Hershey 557 - Shank 553 - High 550 - Ramer 547 - Jones 557 - Hofstetter 527 - Brown 522 - Eicher 520 - Birkey 520 - Riggenbach 514 - Geiger 505 - Rhodes 502 - Sommer 475 - Frey 475 - Huber 473 - Herr 467 - Long 454 - Barkey 453 (@319,750) James C. Hostetler's Top 90 Surnames: Miller 33,486 - Yoder 22,216 - Troyer 7,686 - Byler 5,986 - Hershberger 5,964 - Hostetler 5,495 - Mast 5,103 - Schwartz 5,079 - Bontrager 3,676 - Gingerich 3,599 - Graber 3,193 - Schrock 3,085 - Hochstetler 3,076 - Stutzman 3,053 - Weaver 2,963 - Schlabach 2,894 - Kauffman 2,677 - Beachy 2,523 - Raber 2,321 - Stoltzfus 2,283 - Schmucker 2,144 - Zook 2,088 - King 1,861 - Wengerd 1,786 - Swartzentruber 1,717 - Detweiler 1,649 - Shetler 1,619 - Wagler 1,494 - Eicher 1,479 - Fisher 1,390 - Coblentz 1,376 - Mullet 1,361 - Chupp 1,155 - Kurtz 1,127 - Keim 1,118 - Helmuth 1,083 - Beiler 1,046 - Burkholder 920 - Lengacher 891 - Lehman 853 - Lambright 834 - Bender 811 - Wickey 802 - Peachey 801 - Knepp 797 - Brenneman 780 - Eash 780 - Sommers 753 - Slabaugh 751 - Lapp 749 - Hartzler 733 - Hilty 721 - Plank 694 - Petersheim 676 - Shrock 659 - Kuhns 645 - Stoll 639 - Yutzy 638 - Glick 631 - Borntrager 601 - Christner 596 - Nisley 583 - Borkholder 561 - Girod 546 - Erb 522 - Gerber 515 - Beechy 494 - Otto 469 - Smucker 456 - Wenger 436 - Lantz 415 - Delagrange 410 - Kaufman 410 - Hertzler 402 - Swartzendruber 384 - Esh 354 - Steury 341 - Wittmer 335 - Kanagy 334 - Herschberger 329 - Nissley 328 - Heatwole 326 - Kropf 318 - Hooley 316 - Frey 315 - Shank 309 - Zehr 307 - Mishler 306 - Conrad 303 (@212,210) Jean & Renee Hückel's Key Surnames: Graber 5,702 - Miller 2,614 - Schwartz 2,356 - Yoder 2,054 - Wagler 1,608 - Schmucker 1,195 - Klopfenstein 997 - Eicher 929 - Stoll 915 - Lengacher 858 - Knepp 820 - Widmer 748 - Roth 664 - Kaufman 605 - Hilty 545 GENDEX -- Eugene Stark's WWW Genealogical Index: as of February 21, 2000 included ... Individuals: 15,155,647 -- Surnames: 451,811 -- Databases: 3,924 (including the three listed below). This allows you to search all 3,924 databases for a specific surname. When viewing the individuals for that surname, if you scroll all the way to the right you will see the database name. If you click on the database name, you will get an information page on how many names are in the database and how to e-mail the person that submitted it. Move to the right on any entry to see which database it came from. Clicking on the database's name should bring up information about that database and the contributor. (Many people mistakenly think I set up GENDEX and e-mail me about duplicates and mistakes with individuals that are not even a part of the three databases I have posted!) NOTE: These databases are NOT 100% unique! The same person may be in all three databases listed below (and/or several of the other 3,921 some databases) with varying information. Try the other databases to see if they have more complete information on the family you are looking up. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Access to our 3 databases... Kidron, Ohio's: 324,424 Linked Database - Updated 22 Feb 2000 James C. Hostetler's: 240,070 Linked Database - Updated 23 Feb 2000 Click here for Sources used by James Hostetler Jean & Renee Hückel's: 57,895 Linked Database - As of 11 DEC 1994 Eugene Stark's GENDEX: Index of 3,924+ databases - Gendex's hit activity often averages 35x/minute - 2,100x/hour - 50,400x/day - 352,800x/week! - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Instructions for searching our 3 databases... Our genealogy database mentioned above has been converted from Gedcom to HTML by Eugene Stark's GED2HTML program. There has been much discussion about security concerns when making information available to anyone. I have chosen to generate our Gedcom file showing only the initials and birth year for persons born after 1929 for people who were concerned about security. NOTE !!!All the people born after 1929 are listed with a single letter surname that is listed before the full surnames that start with that letter. When you see a listing like E A E, it means the person was born after 1929 and this is their initials. The surnames enclosed in parenthesis e.g. Annie (AKINS) indicate the wife's maiden name is not known ... yet ... so we have placed her married name in parenthesis. Computers sort parenthesis before letters so these spouses are first in the listing. I suggest people use the PERSONS.html rather than the SURNAMES.html because there were over 24,430 surnames in the Kidron database at 319,750. (To search by Surname you can use the GENDEX -- Index listed above -- just remember to start with someone born before 1930.) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The OMII Genealogy Project... The OMII Genealogy Project stands for the Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Genealogy group focusing on mostly Swiss Mennonite descendants. This is a working name as our research spans most of the United States and parts of Canada as families have spread out. The last meeting was held on September 18, 1999 at the Maplewood Mennonite Church (219/485-8512) in Fort Wayne, IN @ 10:00 a.m. The church is located at about 4000 Maplecrest Rd or at coordinates North 41° 06.996' West 85° 03.678'. To date the group has pooled together over 52 databases totaling over 1.3 million and are still working on options for combining the duplicate entries. Due to the requirement of Family Origins 8.0 that every place needs to be IDENTICAL before a merge will be performed, we would have to work through all 1.3 million manually to combine the obvious matches. Currently we have combined the databases (without trying to eliminate duplicates) and placed copies at the Kidron Heritage Center in Kidron, OH and the Behalt Amish-Mennonite Information Center near Berlin, OH. A goal is to also place the combined database at the Berne Library in Berne, IN and Bluffton College in Bluffton, OH after they expand their computer capabilities. E-Mail Adam Barrone - OMII Coordinator E-Mail David Habegger - Previous OMII Coordinator OMII Membership List as of May 23, 1999 OMII Entry Guidelines 1. May 27, 1995, Maplewood Mennonite Church, Fort Wayne, IN 2. Jan. 27, 1996, Maplewood Mennonite Church, Fort Wayne, IN 3. June 21, 1996, Bluffton College Library, Bluffton, Ohio 4. Jan. 11, 1997, Maplewood Mennonite Church, Fort Wayne, IN 5. July 19, 1997, Maplewood Mennonite Church, Fort Wayne, IN 6. Jan. 10, 1998, Berne Public Library, Berne, IN 7. Sep. 19, 1998, Kidron Mennonite Church, Kidron, Ohio 8. Apr. 17, 1999, Bluffton College Library, Bluffton, Ohio 9. Sep. 18, 1999, Maplewood Mennonite Church, Fort Wayne, IN 10. Apr. 8, 2000, Kidron Mennonite Church, Kidron, Ohio - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Kidron Heritage Center The Kidron Heritage Center was dedicated in July 1994 to celebrate the community's 175th anniversary. The current hours are Tue, Thur & Sat from noon to 4pm (330) 857-9111. The first Swiss Mennonite families arrived in the area now called Kidron - then called Sonnenberg - in 1819. The center has numerous displays of art, crafts, Bibles, hymn books, tools, etc. that were created or used by the pioneers. The genealogy department contains hundreds of family books and the work of several local genealogists who spent decades recording information on the community's families. My wife Laurie and I started with a database of 1,913 Zuercher descendants from Anna Selfridge of Lima, OH on 6/28/94. We have spent the last 5 years now computerizing some of the Kidron area family books and "knitting together" the families as marriages are entered. Our working database was at 214,089 when Laurie finished. The job of inputing additions and updates will be passed to someone else during the next month or two. The Heritage Center has a Pentium 150Mhz computer running Family Origins 6.0 which allows the volunteers to quickly call up an individual and print crisp pedigree or descendant charts on the HP laser printer. Roger Geiser and Marie Hostetler are working with Family Origins 8.0 to explore the SmartMerge features and are exploring ways to reduce the number of places referenced by O.M.I.I. members in their databases. The SmartMerge will not merge records if there is even a period or comma difference in place names - and forcing it with the manual merge duplicates the birth, baptism, marriage or death events where the place variation occurs. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Sample Internet Search Engines... Search Yahoo: Swiss GenealogyMennonite GenealogyGerman GenealogyAmish Genealogy Search AltaVista: Search the WebUsenet and Display the Results in Standard Formin Compact Formin Detailed Form Search InfoSeek: Swiss GenealogyMennonite GenealogyGerman GenealogyAmish Genealogy Search Lycos: Swiss GenealogyMennonite GenealogyGerman GenealogyAmish Genealogy Search Webcrawler: Swiss GenealogyMennonite GenealogyGerman GenealogyAmish Genealogy Search ancestry.com's 274 Million Names in 1674 Databases Given Name(s) Last Name Locality Any AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Advanced - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Some sample Internet Web Links... New O.M.I.I. web page by Adam Barrone Allen Co, IN Historical Society Allen Co, IN - Genealogy in the Next Millennium July 20-22, 2000 Allen Co, OH History Amish Information - Lancaster, PA Ancestors PBS Special 1-13-97 Berks Co, PA maps, info, genealogy, etc. Books Publishing - Jay Norwalk Brothers Keeper - Main Page Brothers Keeper Part 1 (Nov 2, 1999) Brothers Keeper Part 2 (Nov 2, 1999) Brown, George's Genealogy Site Calendar - Perpetual Calendar Links Canada, Mennonite Historical Society of California Mennonite Historical Society Vol 1 - Sold out (Russian & Prussian Mennonites descendants). Vol 2 - Oct 1997 - $30 CD-ROM - 267,864 names & 75,296 families is still available. Vol 3 - Late 1999 - estimated to have 375,000 names. Canada, Mennonite Historical Society Desert Online Family History Page (Locate F.H. Centers). Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Ellis Island Project to put information about 20 million immigrants on the internet by 2001. Family Origins New Webpage! 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W. Welch - Tampa FL USA - 27.5n Long 82.3w Lat 14.3 Elev SOL 3 - Virgo Cluster - The Milky Way Galaxy Visit my WELCH Family Home Pages ---temp down 2/20/2000 WELCH - MAUCHLY - WITTWER - ZIMMERMAN http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch/welchfam.htm MALLORY - SMITH - HARDEE - BROOKS http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/ewelch/elwfam.htm WELCH OF NEW LONDON COUNTY CT 1750-1900 http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch1/jwelchmd.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: margaret ruth shank <mrshankindybiz@home.com> To: <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 5:58 PM Subject: [PaDgo] NUSBAUM,NUSSBAUM SURNAME Researchers > I am trying to help a newbie with his first steps in genealogical > research: I would like to put him in touch with existing genealogies ( > hardcopy or online) as well as others researching the surnames of > NUSBAUM ( his spelling) and NUSSBAUM. Thanks in advance! Margaret > Shank ( Arvada, CO) > >

Sorry, folks............early Sunday morning brain cramp.........let's try this again...the url for the website mentioned earlier is................................ http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/ y'all enjoy the site whilst I stand in the corner for a bit R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ kinseeker4@earthlink.net Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

I apologize to those who will see this more than once, but I am cross-posting to several lists. I have just discovered a really great research site for everybody working on folks in early PA. Pack a picnic lunch before you go in there, because you're gonna be a while. I've only scratched the surface of it, but the folders in there that begin with the imm prefix are passenger lists for ships. The ones that begin with nat are lists of PA residents who became naturalized citizens. The rest remains to be seen. Good luck and good hunting. R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ kinseeker4@earthlink.net Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

Will someone familiar with ancestry.com pleas e-mail me privately? Thank you. Lila Hartman Jones lmjones@lewiston.com

-----Original Message----- From: JLutz54950@aol.com <JLutz54950@aol.com> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: [PaDgo] INSTITUTIONS IN PA > What institution or hospital was in Cumru Twp. between 1909 and 1921. I >have a death certificate for my ggrandfather that states he was in an >institution or hospital for 12 years prior to hid death and I haven't been >able to find him on the census in 1910 or 1920 and he died in 1921. Yhank >you for any help. > >Joan L in Fl Joan, I grew up in Shillington, Berks County, and there was a "County Farm" and "Poor House" at the end of Philadelphia Ave, just outside of town. It looked old enough to be the place you are looking for. It must have been in Cumru Township. If no one answers with info on how to identify this facility and its records, try the Berks county Historical Society. Bruce Fosnocht

In a message dated 02/24/2000 4:01:25 PM Mountain Standard Time, bafosnocht@email.msn.com writes: << PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com >> Hi, The information I have is that the Berks County Poor House opened in Shillington in 1825 and closed in 1951. A new facility opened in Bern Twp. at that time. In addition to being a Poor House, it served as a hospital and an insane asylum. I have heard that it served as the inspiration for one of John Updike's novels (can't remember which one at the moment). I have seen a bio on one of my shirttail kin that says he was elected "a director of the poor of Berks County" in November 1908, and served in that position for three years. I would imagine he had something to do with the operation of the Poor House in that position. Jay

What institution or hospital was in Cumru Twp. between 1909 and 1921. I have a death certificate for my ggrandfather that states he was in an institution or hospital for 12 years prior to hid death and I haven't been able to find him on the census in 1910 or 1920 and he died in 1921. Yhank you for any help. Joan L in Fl

The double messages seem to have started after rootsweb did the work on there server this last week. the doubles seem to be the ones that didnt come through when they should have. I don't think it's a virus problem. Double messages seem to happen occasionally to all list. Sara SSchu22739@aol.com wrote: > > Hi all, > I just wanted to let everybody know that I am not sure what is going on, > but I have NOT resent the message about the Romans discovering the New > World!!!!! Somebody has suggested to me that maybe it is being resent by > somebody who has picked up a virus affecting their email program & isn't > aware of the fact. I do not know if this is the case or if it is another case > of AOL email having lost it's mind <<G>> but I run a virus scan program > everyday & have a clean bill of health & suggest that everybody else do so > just in case! > > Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant > SSchu22739@aol.com > Surnames: Anderson, Hasselor, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), > Lantzy (Lenzi), McAnulty,McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain > Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, > Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.

Just in case I missed anyone, a big thank you to all who responded with suggestions on where to find the church records I wanted. I'll let you know when one of the leads turns up something. Valerie Williams