Hello, I thought I would post my BROWN family information. The little that I have anyway. Might someone have any information or thoughts about 'where to look' for this elusive family? Jacob BROWN, b. 1758, unknown where d. 1842, age 84 Buried: Unknown Will: 1831, probated 1843 (I have a copy of the Will: Executors, Jacob's neighbors, Abraham Lehman and John Musser. One of the Witnesses: John Thome. I can not read the name of the 2nd witness. ) Wife: Catharine ___?____. 1759-1843 Unknown where born and where buried. Children: Dates of birth, death and marriages unknown. 1. John Brown, died by 1831. His Widow: Mary _______ 2. Jacob Brown 3. William Brown 4. James Brown 5. Isaac Brown-----he was bequeathed the family Bible (What a find that would be!) 6. Catharine Brown married Thomas Dehart 7. Mary Brown married John Frantz This BROWN family lived in Manheim (town of) at least by 1811 as they are listed on the Manheim Ground Rent Ledger and still owned the land in 1842 when Jacob died. Land: West North Charlotte--2nd block. Death record is from the Zion Evangelical Luthern Church, Manheim (borough) Church Records, 1849-1922. Might they be buried here also? I am trying to track down the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Catharine Brown. Next time I am in Lancaster Co. I will look up the Land Records in the Court House. I am also hoping this information might just help someone else in their researching and I will post further finds. Thank you. Sue

At 10:46 PM 1/17/2006, you wrote: >Hello, I thought I would post my BROWN family information. The >little that I have anyway. Might someone have any information or >thoughts about 'where to look' for this elusive family? Sue, I don't know anything about your family but want to tell you that there is an excellent Historical Society in Manheim - it is separate from the Lancaster one - and they were very helpful to me about a branch of my family that was there - you might contact them. Here is their website: http://www.manheimpa.com/town2.html Good luck! Jan