Are the records of the IOOF Lodge, Elizabethtown,PA, available to anyone. They are supposed to show that John A. Kuhns,( b. abt 1825 supposedly in Mt Joy), married Sarah Keens. I have found no information about this marriage, or the parentage of Sarah Keens. John A. Kuhns was the son of Michael Kuntz - I believe Jr. A Michael Kuntz served in the Revolution under Dotterer. He is shown in some family histories as the father of John A., but would have been quite old to have a child in 1825, and some assume there must have been a Michael Jr. who was the father of John A. Kuhns. I would really appreciate any help to try to straighten out this line, and get some factual data. Nancy Blackwell

Nancy I know this is not what you are looking for but I think you may like it. In 1954 I was living in CLIFTON COLORADO   the school had a lady that worked in the office   we knew her as MRS BLACKWELL    I do not remember what she did in the office  but you may want to check it out.She may be family . I do not know why I remember her name  ,I was in the 4th & 5th grades at the time . flo --- On Wed, 2/23/11, Nancy Blackwell <nnblackwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Nancy Blackwell <nnblackwell@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Mary Ann Francis To: palancas@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:38 PM Are the records of the IOOF Lodge, Elizabethtown,PA, available to anyone.  They are supposed to show that John A. Kuhns,( b. abt 1825 supposedly in Mt Joy),  married Sarah Keens.  I have found no  information about this marriage, or the parentage of Sarah Keens.  John A. Kuhns was the son of Michael Kuntz - I believe Jr.     A Michael Kuntz served in the Revolution under Dotterer.  He is shown in some family histories as the father of John A., but would have been quite old to have a child in 1825, and some assume there must have been a Michael Jr. who was the father of John A. Kuhns.  I would really appreciate any help to try to straighten out this line, and get some factual data.  Nancy Blackwell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message