All, Recently, I have made a contact in Germany that is willing to help on the research for the Scholderer / Sholder Family. We have already made some wonderful discoveries as well as making to link back to Degerloch, Württemberg, Germany, which is where Christian August Scholderer was born and came to America from. The linage that we have based on Church records from Degerloch are as follows: Christian August Scholderer - Our Ancestor Johann Jacob Scholderer - Father Johann Karl Scholderer - Grandfather Stephan Scholderer - Great-grandfather Stephan Scholderer - Great-great-grandfather Martin Scholderer - Great-great-great-grandfather We currently can not get any additional generations, due to the fact the Church books that we have been using start at 1644 and Martin was born before that. At this point I think that it is pretty safe to say we have a pretty good lineage for our family. I will continue to research with my contact additional information about these ancestors. The one interesting fact is that Christian's father died in 1812. His mother remarried to a Johann Jacob Sigmund some time after that. This Johann Jacob had a son Samuel Friedrich Sigmund (born 18. Feb. 1798) that went to North America on 5 July 1819. Then in 1832 Christian his bride Anna Lutscher, as well as his mother and step-father ALL came to America to the son Samuel Friedrich Sigmund, in Centre County. The possible wife of Samuel Friedrich Sigmund shows up in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Lamar Twp, Clinton Co, PA as Rosannah Margaret/Rosina b.Feb 19, 1799 d.Feb 28, 1867 and is w/o S. F. Sigmund. She was born in Wittenburg, Germany. Based on the same church records, the Samuel was born in 1798. So we have some more research to do in our own backyard. This is why I am writing to all of you. You have all been helpful in looking at your families and gathering information for me. Currently we have 1178 descendants of Martin Scholderer through 13 generations. I would ask all of you to see if we can go the next step and work on completing (as much as possible) the Descendants of Christian August Scholderer, our ancestor. So any information that you can provide via e-mail or regular mail would be greatly appreciated. Specifically copies of any documents, land records, bibles and newspaper items, such as marriage, anniversary, obituaries or just general interest if someone was written about. Also if you can find the time a great personal touch would be to write something about your parents, grand-parents that you remember and that you can send me for inclusion as well, this may be the nicest touch of all. I'm also interested in obtaining mailing addresses of anyone related so that I can snail mail them as well, while putting together a formal mailing list. My mailing address is: Kevin L. Sholder 48 Esquire Ave. Centerville, OH 45459 My fire has just had some additional wood placed on it and hopefully I can light yours as well. I have (or will shortly) post a list of surnames that fall into our family tree. Below are some current questions that I need answers too, if any of you can help. Here is the obit for the gentleman's whose mother was a Sholder: Jack M. Lukens Jack M. Lukens, 81, of Hollidaysburg, formerly of Montgomery, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at Bon Secors-Holy Family Hospital in Altoona. Born May 28, 1920, in Williamsport, he was a son of Wally and Dorothy Sholder Lukens. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He was self-employed as a carpenter. He was a member of the American Legion Post 268, Montgomery. He is survived by one son, Jack L. Lukens of Lock Haven; two daughters, Patti Malizia of Montoursville and Lisa Cox of Hillsgrove; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Charles E. Winter of Orofino, ID. He was predeceased by a son, Timothy Lukens. Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Family will provide flowers. Arrangements by Kaufman Funeral Home, 2102 Northway Road, Williamsport. I believe that the Dorothy Sholder listed above is Dorothy Mary Sholder (born Apr 1895, baptized 16 Jun 1901 at Bethel United Presbyterian Ch) daughter of Eli Sholder and Wilhelmina C. Fullerton. Could someone possibly call the son or one of the daughters to confirm? I was wondering if Christina Margareta former wife of Johann Jacob Scholderer, widow nee Kaiser and her husband Johann Jacob Scholderer could be buried in Wildwood, on the same plot as Christian and Anna. Can someone check this out? I am also looking for information on a Pete Sholder that had a dance hall on Misner Road. Was this a nickname? If so what was his real name? Thanks, Kevin L. Sholder rdrunner@siscom.net Don't wait to make your Son a great man. Make him a great boy. --Unknown http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/ <http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/> kevin.sholder@ncr.com LOCATIONS THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Pennsylvania (Berks, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Northumberland Counties); Germany (Württemberg). SURNAMES THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Aderhold; Alexander; Bower; Campbell; Carpenter; Cohick; DeRemer; Hafer; Heim; Horn; Kiess; Kinley; Lovell; Mahaffey; Marquardt; Marshall; Metzger; Paulhamus (Polhemius); Pepperman; Rentz; Robinson; Roller; Sholder (Scholderer); Smith; Springman; Stabler; Stoltz; Ulmer; Updegraff (Op den Graeff); Waltz (Walz); Wurster (Wurster Von Igelsberg) and their related family lines.