Hi Pat, I noticed your posting and that you state that Mr. Sommer was born in Germany. If he was a German Lutheran, you may be able to get information from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 701 Church Street, Honesdale, PA. I know that they have records dating back to the mid 1800s. They might have records of any children of that marriage that were baptized. Looking at the witnesses might shed light on children's grandparents. Since they lived in Hawley, they may have belonged to the Lutheran Church there. I am not sure when that church was started and what records they may have available. If the clergyman at either church performed the funeral service, they would have recorded it along with the date of death and the date of burial. If they were Catholic, you could contact the Catholic churches in either Hawley or Honesdale. I'm not sure which of the Catholic churches were German so I won't provide names. With the date of death, you could then contact either Harrisburg, PA Vital statistics or the Wayne County Courthouse depending on the year of death. Hope this helps. Carol Potter Meadows

St. Mary Magdeline Church was the church for German speaking Catholics in Honesdale. That church combined with St. John the Evangalist. The phone # is 570--253-4561 . I believe they have someone whom you can hire to do look ups. The Luthern Church....also St. John's is 570--253-1444. Luthern Church in Hawley is St. Paul's: 570 --226-2411. Catholic Church is Queen of Peace 226-3183. The Wayne Co. Historical Society charges a very reasonable fee to do research such as local census, deeds & wills Phone # is 570-253-3240 > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:16:13 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAWAYNE-L] SOMMER FAMILY OF HAWLEY > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:16:24 -0700 > > Hi Pat, > > I noticed your posting and that you state that Mr. Sommer was born in > Germany. If he was a German Lutheran, you may be able to get information > from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 701 Church Street, Honesdale, > PA. I know that they have records dating back to the mid 1800s. They might > have records of any children of that marriage that were baptized. Looking at > the witnesses might shed light on children's grandparents. Since they lived > in Hawley, they may have belonged to the Lutheran Church there. I am not > sure when that church was started and what records they may have available. > If the clergyman at either church performed the funeral service, they would > have recorded it along with the date of death and the date of burial. If > they were Catholic, you could contact the Catholic churches in either Hawley > or Honesdale. I'm not sure which of the Catholic churches were German so I > won't provide names. With the date of death, you could then contact either > Harrisburg, PA Vital statistics or the Wayne County Courthouse depending on > the year of death. > > Hope this helps. > > Carol Potter Meadows > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pa., Inc. > 210 Grant Street Olyphant, PA. 18447 (570) 383-7661 > [email protected] http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp > > ============================== > Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online--FREE for 14 Days > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1238 > >

The German Catholic Church in Honesdale was St. Mary Magdalen, but their records are at St. John the Evangelist. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [PAWAYNE-L] SOMMER FAMILY OF HAWLEY > Hi Pat, > > I noticed your posting and that you state that Mr. Sommer was born in