Hi I'm Milt Botwinick in Philadelphia. As a professional genealogist, I research materials in the Historical Society of PA, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia] National Archives branch and other city resources. Thought I'd stop in and see what is happening. Milt Botwinick pro genealogist Philadelphia botwinick@lycosmail.com http://members.aol.com/botwinick

Searching for parents and siblings of Peter Wayne SELNER born in LeHigh County, PA. ....1 Peter Wayne Selner (1825 - 1923) + Elizabeth Ann Miller (1835 - 1919) daughter of Jacob Miller .........2 Catherine E. Selner b 1856 .........2 Amanda M. Selner b 1857 .........2 Lenard Selner b 1859 .........2 Crouford E. Selner b 1862 .........2 Mary I. Selner b 1864 .........2 Jacob P. Selner b 1867 .........2 Byron A. Selner b 1869 .........2 Margaret F. Selner b 1872 .........2 Hattie L. Selner b 1875 .........2 John F. Selner b 1880 Kathy (Sparr) Mott Jasper, IN drmott@psci.net http://www.psci.net/~drmott/genes.html

Descendants of Charles F. Ritter - Lower Nazareth, Pennsylvania 1 Charles F. Ritter 1871 - . +Bertha O. Schmidt 1874 - ........ 2 Leon Walter Ritter 1894 - 1982 ............ +Margaret Edna Schmoyer 1895 - 1994 ................... 3 Robert James Ritter 1934 - 1990 ....................... +Marilyn Mae Swoyer 1939 - 1996 .............................. 4 Chris Alan Ritter 1963 - .................................. +Stephanie Anne Carroll 1952 - ......................................... 5 Jessica Christine Carroll Miranda 1978 - ................... 3 Richard Ritter ................... 3 Forrest Ritter ................... 3 William Ritter ................... 3 Gerald Ritter ................... 3 Donald Ritter ................... 3 Elaine Ritter ................... 3 Audrey Ritter ................... 3 Patricia Ritter ................... 3 Betty Ritter ................... 3 Nancy Ritter

Hi Looking for surnames: FINK HEITZ DIEHL Thank you BSKTBTQUE@aol.com

Hi, I am addressing this message to the list in the hope that someone out there knows anything about this Quarry accident (explosion) to whom Tom Bowman refers. His great-grandfather Oscar Gruver was killed in this accident. My great-grandfather, Martin Gutekunst, was also killed in such an accident about the same time. I don't know if it was the same one but it seems as though it might be. He was the teamster driving the wagon which contained the explosives and he was killed instantly. His son, Clarence Gutekunst, was my grandfather. He was born in 1883 and was the youngest of ten children. He was quite young at the time of the accident. If anyone has any information on this subject, I would appreciate hearing from you. JOANHB@aol.com (Joan Blank)

My grandfther James William Gruver was born 12 July 1888 Allentown Pa. His father Oscar Gruver was killed sometime between 1888 and 1900 in a quarry minning accident. His mother Ida May Fritz supposedly remarried. On the 1900 Census I found a James Gruber born July 1888 living with James Fretz in Allentown, This may be him but no mother Ida was listed as living with them and James Gruber's relationship to James Fretz was listed as adopted. James Fretz at the time was 69 years old. Old enough to his grandfather. What other records are available that I could check to find out if this is my grandfather? Also I would like to find his father Oscar's death. My Grandfather left home at an early age and came to Ohio he never kept much contact with his mother though I have an aunt who said they got an occasional letter from her or a sister. My Grandfather had the ordacity to die before I got interested in Genealogy so I've got to find his youth the hard way. Any ideas from those who are familiar with Lehigh County research would be greatly appreciated. TomB

My grandfther James William Gruver was born 12 July 1888 Allentown Pa. His father Oscar Gruver was killed sometime between 1888 and 1900 in a quarry minning accident. His mother Ida May Fritz supposedly remarried. On the 1900 Census I found a James Gruber born July 1888 living with James Fretz in Allentown, This may be him but no mother Ida was listed as living with them and James Gruber's relationship to James Fretz was listed as adopted. James Fretz at the time was 69 years old. Old enough to his grandfather. What other records are available that I could check to find out if this is my grandfather? Also I would like to find his father Oscar's death. My Grandfather left home at an early age and came to Ohio he never kept much contact with his mother though I have an aunt who said they got an occasional letter from her or a sister. My Grandfather had the ordacity to die before I got interested in Genealogy so I've got to find his youth the hard way. Any ideas from those who are familiar with Lehigh County research would be greatly appreciated. TomB

Looking for info on Samuel Ely of Lynn Township. Samuel was born July 12, 1808. died June 3 1863. His wife Lydia Ely born Hunsicker was Born Nov. 5, 1809 and died Dec. 22 1882 His oldest son Penrose Ely born May 16 1829 died June 14 1891. His wife Caroline Ely died Nov. 18 1902. His daughter Alice Oswald (sp?) nee Ely born May 12 1853, died Jan 8, 1898 Katie Ely, Daughter of S. Ely was married to Bill (sp?) Hertz (sp? died 1883 Fred Ely of Lansford, son of S. Ely killed on railroad by accident. Died 1868 or 1869 Samuel and Lydia’s son Amandus Ely was born October 1853 in Lynn township, Lehigh County, married Hannah Gerhart.The had one other son, Preston Ely. Amandus and Hannah’s son Herbert Seneca Ely Was born June 29, 1880 in Perkasie and died March 6, 1923. He married Florence May Grim. Herbert Seneca and Florence had two children. Hannah and Albert Grim Ely (my father) Herbert Ely Charlottesville, VA

I have the KEIM surname in two different branches of my family from the same area. I believe that the Johannes KEIM in the second family group is the son or grandson of the Johannes KEIM in the first family group. If anyone can fill in the missing link, I would be very grateful. Here we go: FAMILY GROUP NUMBER 1 ----------------------------------------------- Family Group Record ======================================================================== ================== Husband: Johannes KEIM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Birth: abt 1675 Speier, Rhine Valley in Germany B: Immigration: abt 1707 Pennsylvania E: Death: 1753 Berks Cnty., PA SP: Will: 1753 Berks Cnty., PA Marriage: 1 Jan 1731 Pennsylvania SS: Father: Johann KEIM (b abt 1647) Mother: ======================================================================== ================== Wife: Maria Elizabeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ : B: : E: : SP: ======================================================================== ================== Children ======================================================================== ================== 1 F Maria KEIM Birth: Nov 1734 Berks Cnty., PA B: Death: bef 1803 Berks Cnty., PA E: : SP: Spouse: Jacob YODER SS: ======================================================================== ================== FAMILY NOTES Marriage(1): Maria Elizabeth was Johannes' second wife. Johannes m. (1st) in Germany, in 1706, fourteen days before the feast of St. Michael's, Katarina MOYER HUSBAND NOTES: Johannes KEIM Birth(2): Immigration(3,1): It is said he made a preliminary visit to America, 1698, or 1699, and returned to Germany, where he married and came back to Pennsylvania, 1707, or perhaps earlier, when he located on the Maxatawny in Oley Valley in the upper part of Philadelphia County. His warrant for survey is dated 27th November, 1719-20. Death(1): When Johannes KEIM, the immigrant died in 1753, among the articles belonging to his estate were an antique chest and Lady's Treasure caskets (Schatz Kastchen) on the lid of the latter are portrayed two stately personages in ruffs, bearing the legend Ludwig Hericourt und Berta Keim, Landgraffschaft (Landgraviate) Elsass, A.D. MDCLX, also an ancient steel cross bow (arbalist) upon which is inscribed Gilbert de Keim A.D. 1314. These heirlooms are still in possession of the family. Will(1): His will was proved at Reading, 1st January, 1754 General(4,1): Johannes Keim was the pioneer of the Huguenots to the Oley Valley. Excellent sources of information on the Keim family can be found in KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES by Deb. Randolph Keim; and the HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BERKS COUNTY, Volume XLIX, Number 3, Summer, 1984, published by the Reading, PA Historical Society. WIFE NOTES: Maria Elizabeth General(5): CHILD NOTES: Maria KEIM Birth(6): Death(7): She is not mentioned in Jacob's will General(8): SOURCES 1. Mackenzie, George Norbury, ed. Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. 4. New York: 1907.. Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 4. 2. Christopher K. Yoder, 75757.3371@CompuServe.COM. Archived text files from the Yoder Family Newsletter. Source documentation provided on-site YNL, P O Box 594,Goshen, IN 46527. http://www.genealogy.org/~yoder/. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 3. Ibid. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 4. Ibid. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 5. Ibid. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 6. Ibid. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 7. Ibid. Jacob Yoder & Maria Keim by Helen V. Yoder. 8. Church Records. Rev Isaac Roeller (Private records). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY GROUP NUMBER 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record ======================================================================== ================== Husband: Johannes KEIM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ : B: : E: : SP: ======================================================================== ================== Wife: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ : B: : E: : SP: ======================================================================== ================== Children ======================================================================== ================== 1 F Esther KEIM Birth: 28 Dec 1771 Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA B: Death: 21 Dec 1843 Richmond Twp., Berks Cnty., PA E: : SP: Spouse: Heinrich SCHLEGEL (m 23 Sep 1800) SS: ======================================================================== ================== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Johannes KEIM General(1): CHILD NOTES: Esther KEIM Birth(1): Death(1): General(1): SOURCES 1. Mary Irene Savage. John Christian Schlegel of Berks County, Pennsylvania and Descendants. Gateway Press Inc., 1001 N. Calvert Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Library of Congress Catalog Card number 91-75137. ======================================================================== ================== Thank You! Jeff Reimert, MCSE - Landata Systems, Inc. Technical Services Technical Analyst - Desktop & Mobile Computing Infrastructure Ext. 8524

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E75E9679CAA33C67CC4A5D6E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Seeking Pennysylvania Ritter Swoyer Schmoyer Schmidt Warmkessel Fritch Heffner McGinley Genealogies --------Suisse, France, England & USA---- Baud Benay Carroll Casey Chenevard Chester Cuchon Cumings Dalton Fleming Gay GreinerJordan Kupsc Marcel Morel Novel Oliver Piozet -------------------------------------- Chris Ritter 12/19/63 Allentown, Pa Father: Robert James Ritter b. May 22, 1934 Allentown, Pa m. August 23rd, 1958 d. January 28, 1990 Mother: Marilyn Mae Swoyer b. June 12, 1939 Allentown, Pa d. February 5th, 1996 Grandfather: Leon Walter Ritter b.October 21,1894 Nazareth, Pa. m. April 9, 1913 d. November 30,1982 in Allentown Grandmother: Margaret Edna Schmoyer b. September 22, 1895 Coopersburg, Pa m. d. April 8, 1994 in Allentown, Pa. GGrandfather: Charles F. Ritter b. October 7, 1871 Lower Nazareth, Pa m. June 16, 1894 d. no date of death yet GGrandmother: Bertha O. Schmidt b. September 29, 1874 Nazareth, Pa d. no date of death yet ---------- Robert James Ritter was one of 11 children. His brothers and sisters were. Does not correspond with order of birth. 1) Richard 2) Forrest 3) Gerald 4) William 5) Robert* 6) Donald 7) Elaine 8) Betty 9) Audrey 10) Patricia 11) Nancy ----------------------------------------- http://www.shalori.com/ritter.htm ---------------------------------------- --------------E75E9679CAA33C67CC4A5D6E Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Shalori Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Shalori n: ;Shalori adr;dom: ;;;; No. California;; email;internet: Shalori@shalori.com tel;fax: 916. 8539039 note: Seeking Pennysylvania ( Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties) Ritter/Swoyer/ Schmoyer/ Schmidt/ Warmkessel/ Fritch/ Heffner/ McGinley/ Genealogies x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------E75E9679CAA33C67CC4A5D6E--

Okay list, while I am at it I may as well ask about Emma Jane Lewis. This was my grandmother married to Franklin Sensinger. Emma Jane was born in Salisbury Twp. I am not sure where. Her father was Jeremiah Lewis and her mother was Ellen?. Jeremiah was from Indiana as were two of his older children. This leads me to the conclusion that he was married two times. I also found his father Abraham and mother Lucretia in the IGI. Now I know that Emma Jane had 4 or 5 sisters. What has happened to them I do not know? So I am looking for her birthplace, be it Wescoesville or Macungie or what ever. I am also looking for information about her mother and her sisters. Oh, she had one brother named Harry. Thanks for any information any one can give me. Anna in AZ

Hello List, I am looking for any information about Franklin Daniel Sensinger. He was my grandfather. I know he had one sister named Flora or Florence. He was married to Emma Jane Lewis. They had three living children and two that died at a young age. I think his father was Tilghman Sensinger and his mother Ellen Caroline? . I know that the Historical society of Lehigh Co. has some information about the Sensinger family starting with Ulrich. What I am looking for is more direct family to Franklin. Did he have any other siblings etc.? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Anna in AZ.

Does anybody have any ideas as to why I was able to access the PA webpage last month, and this month, when I go to http://www.usgenweb.org/pa this is the message that is brought to my screen. My server only uses Lynx, and they told me that they aren't sure why this message comes up. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:53:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Cheryl Jones <a038057t@bc.seflin.org> To: a038057t@bc.seflin.org Subject: pacounties.html FILE NOT FOUND The requested URL /~gencap/pacounties.html was not found on this server. There was also some additional information available about the error: [Mon Jul 20 14:52:03 1998] access to /usr/local/www/htdocs/~gencap/pacounties.html failed for bc.seflin.org, reason: File does not exist

I hope the orginator of this post doesn't mind that I forward it to this list but I thought some of you may have some interest in this web site. Take care --Larissa Souzer >From: "MAZ" <ritar@enter.net> >Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:38:50 -0400 >To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com > >Dear Researchers, > >The Northampton Co., PA census for 1890 is steadily going online >at http://www.enter.net/~ritar. This does not contain all the >information available in a US Census, but does contain the names, >ages, and in some cases, occupations of everyone in the county. >In city areas street addresses are included. So far the following >are online: Bethlehem--north and south, Bath Borough, Chapman >Quarries, Freemansburg, Hanover Township, Hellertown Borough, >Moravian Seminary, and almost all of Lower Saucon Twsp: >Ironville, Leithsville, Redington, Seidersville, and the part of >Hellertown located in Lower Saucon. Over 22,000 names. >More name are being added weekly. > >In 1890, Northampton Co. contained a very high percentage of German >people. > > >Mary > Larissa Souzer Pittsburgh, PA larissa+@pitt.edu Always looking for information on the following surnames and their affiliated families: A(u)ltman*Bashline*Bowman*Brunnary*Dyke*Eisenmann*Fair*Groff*Gutauskas* Hunsecker*Isemann*Kelchner/Keltner*Meekins*Mortland*Ober/Over*Perog* Raudonas*Rhodes*Ripley/Riblett*Saeger*Sankey*Schere*Scholl*Smolko/a* Souchuck*Souzer*Stahl*Summers*Trachsel*Troxel*Weeter*Wenner*Zadzora* My homepage is in no way complete but I made a start: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7133/ Listowner of: TROXEL-L@rootsweb.com and ALTMAN-L@rootsweb.com mailing lists. Please support Rootsweb! Visit http://www.rootsweb.com.

Hi Everyone! I have added a new resource to my library of genealogy research books. This one has 1000's of addresses throughout the world. This includes: National Addresses, Regional Centers, Government Departments, Genealogical Societies, State Addresses (state-by-state, county & regional) State Archives, Libraries (from the largest city to the smallest town), Historical Societies, Ethnic and Religious addresses to include: libraries, and religious organizations and archives, plus special resources, periodicals, newsletters and more. If you are trying to locate an address, feel free to email me with two look-ups per person. I am more than happy to help those who have helped me. All I ask is that you allow me "at least" 48 hours to respond. Good luck and happy searching. Nancy Ring-Kendrick http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/a/racecar3/ Wildfire Diary and Updates: http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/a/racecar3/FLwildfire.html

Hi Everyone Just wanted to let you know ( or you may already know this) that yesterday I cam across a web ring for Eastern Pa. to join you can go to http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5958/pagenealogy.html. or go to my homepage at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 and go to web ring and click on to join. I take it the webring has not been started for very long. Also still looking for homepages to posted to my list for Bucks, Lehigh, Schuylkill or any eastern pa. co. (this is new for eastern pa) have a great day Judy ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

MIKE, YOU CAN FIND PART OF THE 1890 CENSUS AT: http://www.enter.net/~ritar/ YOU MAY WANT TO EMAIL AND FIND OUT WHERE SHE FOUND THIS PART AT. GUY WAGNER *************************************************************************** The closest thing I have ever found to the actual 1890 census for Lehigh County is the 1890 census of Union Soldiers in Lehigh and Northmapton, which apparently survived the fire. It contains mainly military information, i.e. date of enlistment, etc., but can still be helpful if your ancestor served in the war. Mike Kern ==== PALEHIGH Mailing List ==== contact List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com visit Genealogy of Pa at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6508/ Please Support Rootsweb ************************************************************************* GUY L. WAGNER htpp://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/g/Guy-L-Wagner/index.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/7812 http://www2.coastalnet.com/~u4j4x4mh

The closest thing I have ever found to the actual 1890 census for Lehigh County is the 1890 census of Union Soldiers in Lehigh and Northmapton, which apparently survived the fire. It contains mainly military information, i.e. date of enlistment, etc., but can still be helpful if your ancestor served in the war. Mike Kern

Doug Strohl wrote: > > Does anyone have access to the remnent of the 1890 Census for > Catasauqua? How about 1900 for Catasauqua? Thanks. > > Doug Strohl > Doug, To the best of my knowledge the 1890 Federal Census for all of Lehigh County, PA was destroyed. If you saw otherwise somewhere, I would appreciate knowing the source... But last I knew no part of Lehigh County, PA (or if memory serves, no part of PA) 1890 Census has surfaced. Last numbers I saw, again if memory serves, is something like 1% of the entire 1890 census is known to have survived... James Gilbert

Does anyone have access to the remnent of the 1890 Census for Catasauqua? How about 1900 for Catasauqua? Thanks. Doug Strohl