Hi Joan, Have you been able to confirm the information provided on the death certificate ? Have you found a marriage in church records ? Death certificates are usually pretty reliable but the information for it was probably provided by the son's widow and she could have been wrong. Whenever I run into a dead end where the source information isn't from a primary document, I try to confirm the information in some way, like checking for a marriage to confirm the last name. I saw a Catharine Dietz, age 19 living in the South Ward of York Borough, she was the daughter of Jacob. It would be pretty easy for someone to confuse Dietz and Dietrich, especially if it wasn't your relative and it may have been something you heard years before. Jim Conestoga Area Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/3/2006 10:00:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, james_l_stokes@yahoo.com writes: Below are the Dietrichs who appeared in Lancaster County Intestate Records, I don't have the full records. Intestate means they died without a will but there could be something in the Orphan's Court records. Dietrich George 1820 Dietrich Henry Jr. 1823 Dietrich Henry 1827 Dietrich Henry 1843 Dietrich Lorens 1815 Dietrich Philip 1816 Dietrich Philip 1827 Dietrich Philip 1836 Dietrich Tobias 1834 Jim Hi, Jim- While we are on the subject of the surname DIETERICH (of various spellings) I wonder if any records at your disposal give any hints as to the parents of my great-great-grandmother, Catherine DIETERICH. The only clue I have that Catherine was from Lancaster County is my great-grandfather James H. SMITH's death certificate from 1920 in which it says his mother is "Catherine DIETERICH born Lancaster County." This Catherine DIETERICH married Samuel SMITH of York County and their son James Henry SMITH was baptized at York Moravian Church in 1858. I'm not sure the family actually had any strong ties to the Moravian Church but that is where James was baptized. My Catherine (DIETERICH) SMITH was listed as being age 30 on the 1860 census thus making her birth year somewhere around 1830. Any ideas? Joan ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== When replying to the list change the subject line if you change the subject. --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.