Richard - I noticed you said that Newmanstown was your native town. Are you familar with the name Schultz from around there? My 4th ggrandfather was William Schultz, born, by my arithmetic, around 1790. In a biographical sketch of his grandson (another William Schultz), he is said to have "settled in Newmanstown" where he "lived to a great age". It doesn't say what age, of course. He is said to have been a brickmason, and his wife was Hannah Heffelfinger. That is all I know and it is not from a very reliable source. His only child that I know about was another William Schultz who m. Leah Keller. I have never been able to find any trace of him and wonder if you have any suggestion. (I am in North Carolina which makes it a bit difficult). The church you mention, organized in 1850, is probably too late to help me; I am wondering what there was before that. Jan Richard Emlin Reed wrote: > > Greetings, Christ Luth Ch: Jeremias, son of William and Christine Petz (this > is not a typo); b. 28 May 1789, bap 16 Aug 1789. Sp. George and Barbara > Strickler ( who, by the way, are my 4g grandparents). > 24 Nov 1778, Jacob Embig, son of Christian, m. Magdalena Rohland, dau. of > Abraham, both from Lebanon. > 04 Oct 1818, Jeremias Betz and Elizabeth Rohland. > 02 Mar 1846, Abraham Rohland, widower, and Susanna Stumb, widow. > 23 May 1844, Repecca Ruland sic, 44-7-7, died. > Pentecost, 1771, Anna Elizabeth Ruhland, George's dau, confirmed. > Those are all the entries in the Christ Luth. Ch. book. > Elias, not St. Elias, Church is in Newmanstown, Lebanon Co, PA, which is, > incidentally, my native town. It was a union church, organized about 1850. > Leb. Co. Hist. Soc. has the records on microfilm, done by the LDS; so you > could probably get them at any Family History Center.