I have lots of Baer/Bair/Bahr/Bar...'s in my family originating in Westmoreland County. I have checked what records I have at home, and though I do not have Rev. Paul Miller Ruff's book "St. John's Lutheran Church: Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co. 1821-1856" or "St. John's Reformed Church: Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., 1821-1960" which would cover the time you are interested in, it is available from http://www.mechlingbooks.com and only costs $13.50 each. In the volumes previous to those, Adam and Catherine Baer (spell it anyway you want), have several other children. HOWEVER, and this is a BIG however, Adam's father was probably named Adam, AND he had at least one cousin named Adam, and Catherine showes up as wife's names for one or both of them. The Baer's are difficult to sort out in the county, as so many of the people were running around with the same name. I have been using the baptisim sponsors names to HELP sort things out, and that is not ALWAYS fool proof. If you are really going to try and sort these, you need to get the set of Ruff's books. My Baers came to Westmoreland Co. between 1813 and 1835 from Lancaster County, however there were Baers in Westmoreland County as early as 1785 or before. Good luck, Laurie > From: "Janet Warter" <jkwarter@socal.rr.com> > To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] BRINKER-BAER info > > Sandy -- If you go to > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com > and search for Thomas Henry Brinker (b. 1818), you > will find several entries. My data is under jkw2. > Several others there have copied my data, including > notes, but at least they say it is from my database. > Anyway, you will find 8 children for Thomas & wife > Margaret Baer, who lived in Pleasant Unity. He was > an MD. There are ancestors for Thomas Henry Brinker > back many generations. I have not researched the > Baer family, however. Let me know if you need any > more help with this. > Janet Warter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RozieP@aol.com > To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:33 AM > Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] BRINKER-BAER info > > > Would anyone have anything on Margaret > BAER (d. of Adam & Catherine > BAER) born May, 1825 Mt. Pleasant Township, > Westmoreland Co., PA and Thomas > Henry BRINKER (parents unknown) born May 1818, > Unity Township, Westmoreland Co., > PA? They married in 1846 and she died April, > 1908. They had 7 children - > Louisa, Ursinus, Emma, Sarah, Mary, Ezra and Ira. > > I am trying to figure out if her father is > one of the Adam BAER's in > my family. TIA > > Sandy P - near wet St. Louieee > BAER, CUMINS, HAWBAKER, GOETZ, and more. > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > ______________________________> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:08:20 -0400 > From: "Michelle Ortz" <BEARDEN5@peoplepc.com> > To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Dwyer family members > > Hello all. I am looking for information about a > Frances Dwyer who lived in Luxor, PA and was a > miner. His wife was Kathy Sachs. I do not know > when or where he was born , when married or when > died & place of burial. Guess I don't know much. > Would appreciate any help > > thanks, > Michelle > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs