Hi, I am back on the list after an absence of several weeks, during which time I changed ISPs. I still am researching my Henry LONG of (Eshcol) Perry Co., PA, as well as many of the other early Henry Longs in south central PA who may or may not be related to me. I have a theory that John/Johannes Long/Lang (wife, Maria Catherina STRAUSS) very possibly could have been a brother to "my" Henry. A preponderance of the evidence certainly suggests that the Henry Long whose will was proven 25 May 1795 in York Co., PA (Paradise Township) was the father of my Henry Long who married Catherina UTZ. There are cousins who dispute this conclusion, insisting that Johannes Lang had to have been the father of our Henry. Their late uncle had it "written down" that John Long was our Henry's father ... and this conclusion apparently had been arrived at after the uncle had talked with many relatives. Therefore, it virtually was/is indisputable. I was informed that baptismal records for St. Michael's Church, Pfoutz Valley, Perry Co., PA show that Henry, son of John Long, was born a good 20 years after the birth of "our" Henry, born 1764. I CANNOT seem to access these baptismal records online ... and am not clear as to where I might write to obtain them. Can someone help? (Please?) Thanks ... Naomi Long Hopperstad ([email protected], nowadays!) P.S. Strassburger's passenger lists show three Langs, Felix, Johann, and Heinrich, were (Palatinate) passengers to America on the Billinder London from London, arriving Philadelphia, 10 Jan. 1739. That's just ONE of the reasons why I speculate that John and Henry were brothers. They both ended up in Perry Co., PA, and their father or fathers have yet to be identified. Felix Lang/Long may have been the Felix Long who migrated south to ... I think it was South Carolina?