I just returned from a visit with my daughter in Allentown where we researched my grandmothers family of LICHTENWALLNER. I gained a wealth of information there. My common ancestor is Abraham Lichtenwalter, the 6th child of Johannes and Barbara ___ Lichtenwallner. I visited the Jordan Lutheran Church and found his brother Johannes II there. In my research, I came across a family of BAER, which interests me. Abraham's son Daniel Lichtenwalter married a Rachel Baer in Stark Co., Ohio in 1814 and I've never been able to trace anything about her. I have been unable to locate in Baers in Ohio and think maybe the Lichtenwalner and the Baer families knew each other in PA. One cemetery plot at the Jordon Lutheran Church has five Baers, but with the name spelled four different ways (Baer, Barr, Bair, Bear) The History of Lehigh Valley says the original Lichtenwallner homestead passed into the hands of Peter BEAR. So I'm trying to trace that family to see whether it might be my Rachel's. I'd be delighted to hear from anyone researching these names in Lehigh, Berk or Whitehall. Laurie Black Glenns Ferry, Idaho magpie@micron.net