Hello Lars, The LDS Ancestral File (at FamilySearch) gives a possible match for your Samuel FERGUSON. ============================== Individual Record FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 Samuel FERGUSON (AFN: 10LV-BTC) Birth: 14 Aug 1864 Mt. Pleasant, Westmorland, Pa Death: 9 Jan 1892 Father: George W. FERGUSON (AFN: 58KR-V4) Mother: Catherine PLETCHER (AFN: 58KR-20) =============================== No spouse for this Samuel FERGUSON is given, but there is a submitter given on the record that you may contact for more information. This record has also been entered into the LDS Pedigree Resource File at the same website by another researcher (address given there also). (Many times the family did not want to acknowledge a wedding that they did not approve.) Mt. Pleasant is about 15 miles (~25KM) south of Delmont. In 1870 the family appears to be in Middlecreek Township, Somerset Co. In 1880 the family is living in Bullskin Twp, Fayette Co. It appears they moved around a lot. BTW, the correct spelling is Westmoreland County. The county seat is Greensburg which is where any records after about 1900 may be found. Before that most records are in the local church (as in old Germany). There MAY be a death certificate in the county records for this Samuel that MIGHT indicate if he was married and to who. Lars, many of us in this area have ancestors from old Germany and would be interested in where your home is. My HELD ancestors came from some small villages near Stuttgart (Sersheim, Aurich, and Mönsheim) and before that from one near Donaueschingen (Biesingen). My REIGELL/RIGGLE ancestors came from The Pfalz (Becherbach). These families are still very prominent in the Armstrong Co and Westmoreland Co region. At 12:00 AM 10/14/2005, you wrote: >From: <HANUSH@gmx.de> >To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Ferguson, Delmont, Westmoreland Co. > >Hi Folk's > >I'm new at this list. Have now found an marriage record from AZ >after a lot of years search. Search now information or connections >from the following family from PA. > >Jean (Joanna) Ferguson b. Jan 1893 in Delmont, Westmoreland >Co. PA >Jeans parents was >Samuel Ferguson b. unknown, d. before 1900 >His wife Millie (Milly) Ferguson nee Knox b. May 1867 in PA, 1900 >Census gives Father also born in PA and mother born in Scotland. >Millie was widow and lived in 1900 in Apollo Boro, Armstrong Co. in >an hotel and working as cook there. The 1910 Census said the same, >but gives mother as born also in PA. >Samuel and Millie had seeming another children (maybe also born >in Delmont), but no name and records was known. > >Jean married 1914 Albert W. Hanush in Williams Coconino, Co. AZ. >Could also not find, where the bride and bridegroom stayed later. > >I would be glad, when someone has hints or see an connection and >can help to find more informations and records about this family. >Also where can I maybe write for an birthrecord from Delmont, to >follow and find records about Jean's parents? > >Each help is welcome and I do this very appreciate >Thank you very much >Lars Hanusch >Germany