Hi-I am trying to locate the parents of George Burkholder. He was born abt.1783-in PA. I have seen undocumented writings that it was in Lancaster Co. and that he was a son of Christian and Anna(Groff) Burkholder. He died 1864 in Lycoming Co. Does anyone know of this man and if in fact he was a son of C & A Burkholder? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Margie
Hi Margie, I would check the 1790 census for Lancaster County to see if there is a Christian Brubaker listed for Lancaster County. On the Lancaster County Gen web page there are three, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palanca2/ They were located in Earl Twp., Manheim Twp. and Cocalico Twp. I would narrow my focus and see if I can find marriages for Christian and Ann Groff Brubaker and also for George and his wife since he was probably married in Lancaster County. Seldom do young men move to a new area without being married. Usually if they did this it was because they were too young to be married and they moved with their father. You might check the 1790 census for Lycoming Co. to see if there were other Brubakers there. Do you know where George went to church in Lycoming Co ? Where is he buried ? This might give you a clue as to where to look for baptism records, unless he was Mennonite. The U.S. genweb page for Lancaster County includes an index to wills, I thought they had the actual wills, but apparently not. It doesn't show a will for a Christian Brubaker. It does include a Brubaker genealogy but its a scanned image file and so isn't searchable but it might be worth looking through. Its tough to find the earliest ancestors of many early families, so my suggestion would be to focus down on tax lists, land records, etc. to see if you can find something. Look at the three townships, to see if you can find a George who pops up about 1808, when he might likely marry, and show up in that townships tax list before disappearing. Do you know when he shows up in Lycoming Co. ? Jim Conestoga Area Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacahs/index.htm ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:17:40 AM Subject: [PALANCAS] George Burkhholder Hi-I am trying to locate the parents of George Burkholder. He was born abt.1783-in PA. I have seen undocumented writings that it was in Lancaster Co. and that he was a son of Christian and Anna(Groff) Burkholder. He died 1864 in Lycoming Co. Does anyone know of this man and if in fact he was a son of C & A Burkholder? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Margie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message