Do you have any record of a Minnich family in the southern part of Lancaster County? One of my multi-great uncles, Thomas Mortimer Collins of Martic Twp, married Cassandra Minnick, who was born in Harford County, MD. They were married in 1847, and Cassandra obligingly lived in Pennsylvania until 1906, so I was able to obtain her death certificate. It names Jacob Minnick and Elizabeth Porter as her parents. Richard Aurand Sherer On 4/14/06, "Richard Emlin Reed" <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: Mink could derive from Münch (Monk) which became Minnich in most cases.