In a message dated 3/5/00 11:37:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, ancestralgenie@bigfoot.com writes: > The name WEIGEL is non-existent in any of my PA DUTCH reference > material. Hi, David- Hmmmm...I think I would question just how good your PA Dutch reference material is. There is more than one WEIGEL/WEIGLE family of PA Dutch descent. You can see whether your WEIGEL's fit into my WEIGEL family by checking my Gedcom on file with WorldConnect. Start here: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=joan_young Click on W and then select WEIGEL and then click on Johann Martin WEIGEL and in the notes you can read a bit about this WEIGEL family. Also, visit the PADUTCH GenConnect Query Board and using the blue searchbar on the Board type the name WEIGEL in the Keyword Box, select a period of "several eons" and click on the "refresh" button. This will display the 11 messages on the board that include the surname WEIGEL. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Dutch Joan