In a message dated 12/25/01 12:04:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I am searching for information about my g-grandmother, Katherina > Burst/Boerst, who eventually moved to Brown County, Ohio and married > my great-gramdfather, Frederick Theodor Arbogast. > > Katherine was born 21 May 1745 and her father was allegedly Jacob > Burst/Boerst. > > Just two days ago, someone thinkg she found my Katherine listed in > 1860 Brown County census as "Catherine Birst" in a sort of boarding > house in Arnheim Village there. The family she lived with was Ludwig > Braun and wife Franziska Lechner Braun. It said she was from > Pennsylvania. Naturally, no one knows where! > Did you really mean Katherine was born in 1745? Or did you mean 1845... which seems more logical if she was living in 1860. I have a Berst family located in Hummelstown area of Dauphin Co PA in the 1700s. But have not found out much about the origins of that family. That would be a good place to look for her father. Hope this helps. Mary Cassel Case