I'm a new list subscriber: I'm working on these names REGER these spelling are also related REEGER REIGER RIEGER REEHER REIHER RIEHER. KRISSLEY / KREISLY Frederick REGER b. 1755 d. 17 Jun 1831 Washington Twp. Westmoreland Co. Pa. He enlisted in the Rev. War in Easton, Northampton co. Pa. mrd 1st don't know where Margaretha b. ? D? children John REEHER b. 24 Jan 1784 d. Liberty Twp. Mercer co. Pa. mrd Susan SNYDER ( One of there desc. is double cousin of mine) Mary REEGER b. 1785 Jacob REEGER b. 1789 Sarah REEGER b. 1795 2nd marriage Margaret KREISLY (from abstract of Rev. War Pension) Oct 1795 prob Westmoreland Co. Pa. b. 1776 d abt 1856 Mercer co. Pa. mrd 2nd Joseph Mattox/Mattix mrd abt 1841 d. 1849 prob Allegheny Co. Pa. NO CHILDREN by 2nd husband Children with Frederick REGER Samuel REEGER b. 14 jul 1796 Pa. Elizabeth REEGER b. 6 Apr 1798 Pa. Joseph REEGER b. 27 Sep 1799 Pa. George REEGER b. 18 apr. 1801 Pa. Michael REEGER b. 6 Jun 1803 Pa. Nancy REEGER b. MAY 1805 Pa. Margaret REEGER b. 17 aug 1807 Pa. d. 3 Jan 1892 Pymatuning Twp. Mercer Co. Pa. mrd Abner Hubbard POLLEY prob in Westmoreland or Armstrong Co. Pa. Abrahan REEGER b. 1814 prob Cambria Co. Pa. mrd Catherine MICHAELS/MIESEL live in Mercer Co. Pa. Isaac REEGER b. 1814 Pa. lived in Mercer Co. Pa. David REEGER b. 1816 Pa. I have a copy of the family Bible records for all of these children it was found in Mattox family bible and given to desc of John REEGER/REEHER. I saw a flim at the FHC for Adam REGER/REEGER of N.J. who had two brother one in Huntingdon Co. NJ and one in Easton, Pa. The earliest one was Adam from Germany with maybe brothers George and Frederick or William but nothing to help with my relative. Any help would be greatly appricated. Will share copys of bible record with any desc. Also I looked at the surnames on the PD list I have several surnames that are listed, some are people who married into other lines. Please let me know how you want me to get this information out to other people, with out making people mad at me. Their is about 20 + surnames. They are mostly in Pennsylvania, few from Virginia and New England area. I hope we can help each other. Thanks, Esther Clark McDermott emamcd@erols.com

Hi, Stacie Andrew MORR b 30 Apr 1727 Germany, d 1805, bur MORR Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder Co, PA, m Catharine Elizabeth _______ b 17 Apr 1732, d aft 7 Nov 1772, bur Morr Cemetery, Freeburg. Their daughter Anna Margaret MORR b 20 Aug 1759, d 12 Mar 1829, bur Union Cem, Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA, m Philip MEYER b abt 14 Sep 1775 Muhlbach, Lebanon Co, PA, d 27 Apr 1831. He was a Rev War soldier. These are all the MORRs in my data; I hope it will give you the right clues. Good luck Vic Kemper new email address vicnjudy@zianet.com > Does anyone have any info on the surname MORR? > > This is the original spelling and I seem to have hit a brick wall with > it..so any info would be appreciated > > Stacie > onionring@blomand.net > > Sweet Potato's Genealogy Page! > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/8441/index.html >

Well here we go again, I started to reply to Paul directly but decided to "publically" support him. From what I could see in the mail headers SEANOC was not sent mail directly but the messages were posted to the lists in the appropriate fashion. If anyone doesn't want mail that isn't specifically directed at them or that doesn't relate to their specific areas of interest, then this is really the wrong place to do "research". I sift through several hundred messages a week many (most sometimes) I delete without reading. Also, I've discovered new pieces of information, and new relatives through seeming unrelated mail and have contacted, and been contacted by others who, although the mail was about something else, have found connections through the "signatures". I also find interesting stories from others even though they're not related to me, right Vee :) I've also found some good information/contacts from other lists which were "advertised" on lists to which I subscribe. So in summary!!!! If you don't want to read unrelated mail, delete it. If the quantity of unrelated mail is too much for you, unsubscribe. If you feel the need to play with fire (ie. flame), go have a cookout. Relax, Let's enjoy ourselves! Alan Scannell Searching: SCANNELL, HUNGERFORD, DARR, LATHAM, THORNTON, SQUIRES, LUBOLD, WHITTENBERGER/WUERTENBERGER, ROSE And a cast of thousands (more or less)

I, too, lost relatives in 1917-8 Flu epidemic in NC. My grandmother and my uncle (age 19) died. It was a severe strain and they had very little medication. I may be wrong, but I believe that this strain was brought to the US by the returning GI's from WWI. > Good Searching - Good Finding - Good Luck! David Huffines Searching Hofheintz/Huffines/Huffhines/Hoffein/et.al. and Williamson, Wakefield, Underwood, Paisley, Sikes, Lipscomb

Hi Joanne: Thanks for your response to my listing. Most of the info. I have about the BEAR family came from A Genealogy of the Bear Family & Biographical Record of the Descendants of Jacob Bear, 1747-1906 by Walter Scott Bear. Mr. Bear and my grandfather, George SCOVILLE, corresponded during the 1950's. They were cousins. Additional data was found on film at the LDS Family History Center; the Mennonite Family History, and Jane Evans Best. This research was done in 1992/93. and I was wondering if any more has been found on the marriages and wives of these families. Hans Jagely BAR siblings, Hans Rudolf, Elisbeth, Heinrich, Barbara, and Susanna. Hans Jagely (Jacob) BAR, I have he m. Anna Barbara FREDERICK, b. ca. 1680, Father Isaac and mother Mary. Has anything more been found on the Frederick family. Jagely and Anna's children, who did they marry? Samuel, Veronica, Margaretha and Elizabeth. These are a few of the gaps I'm trying to fill-in. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Alyce Smith - ALYSYD@aol.com

Hello, Most of this info comes from Amelia Gilreath's Haller genealogy book. I am looking for information on the surnames of HALLER, MOYER, and FANSLER. These families all started out in the New World in Pennsylvania, but seemed to have moved to VA within 20-30 years of arrival. Petter HALLER (b. 1715 Matstall, Alsace), of Shenandoah Co VA, had his will dated 21 Dec 1796, proven 14 Jan 1800. Petter was the son of Heinrich HALLER (born ca 1689 in Wogenhausen, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland, died ca 1761 in Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania) and Anna Catharina CARLE (born ca 1693 in Diemptig, Kanton Berne, Switzerland, died ca 1754 in Pennsylvania). In Petter's will he does not mention his wife, who was (Anna?) Dorothea, but does mention: 1. son Peter HALLER 2. son Henry HALLER 3. dtr Margaret, married to Andrew FINTER 4. dtr Barbara "she being dumb" - Frederick FERNSLER and wife Barbara appointed guardians 5. dtr Catharine, "now the wife of Jacob SURBER" 6. dtr Elizabeth, married to John MILLER 7. dtr Ann Mary, married to George MOYER 8. dtr Catharine, Jr., married to Peter MILLER - ("Catharine, Jr." is an odd thing!) 9. dtr Christina, married to Philip GOETZ 10. Eve, married to John SHOEMAKER #5 Catharine Haller was previous married to Peter COFFELD. I am trying to find out about this Haller line as it relates to the SURBER line of PA and VA. Jacob Surber, who married #5 Catharine Haller, also married Catherine's neice Barbara (MOYER) FANSLER according to Gilreath's book. This Barbara Moyer was a "base-born" dtr of #4 Barbara Haller. I have info for a marriage of Barbara Moyer to Frederick FANCER 10 Jun 1793, Shenandoah Co VA, bondsman was Peter MILLER. This Frederick was the son of Barbara Haller's guardian Frederick Fernsler. Does anyone have further info on the Hallers, Moyers, or Fanslers? I am attempting to co-author a book on the Surber line, which came to Philadelphia from Switzerland in 1735, and these families are all interconnected. Alternative spellings for the above mentioned names are: HOLLAR, HOLLER COFFIELD, KOFFELT, KOFFIELD, CAFELD, GAUFELD FANCER, FANSLER, PFANTZLER SORBER, SERVER, SURBA (and even the mistranscription *L*URBER!) FENDER, BENDER, PAINTER Thanks, Rick - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Richard (Rick) Carpenter, Jr. Sam Houston Press, Sam Houston State University 409.294.1856 Huntsville TX 77341-2326 gra_jrc@shsu.edu

Does anyone know the name of the immigrant ancestor of the Hershey family in Pennsylvania? Did the original Hershey spell his name some way besides Hershey? Was he from Germany? Where? Just trying to tie down some lose ends <G> I am researching the name HERCHE. Mary Russell bird@scrtc.blue.net Glasgow Kentucky

Nadine, I'd like to work with you on them. My sister married one, but they do not go further than Merrit Leroy, Sr., b 30 May 1896, lived Dauphin & Cumberland near Mechanicsburg. I also found the IGI material fo C Minnick & Berks. Let me know how I can help, Jack

Good Morning! I am trying to find some information on: "Landis Mill Dam Incident" In the notes I have this is what they say... In 1796, after the Landis Mill Dam Incident, Peter sold his farm to Isaac Hershey and Peter and part of his family moved to the Shenandoah Valley Virginia. Of course they speak of Peter Landis b.4/27/1741 (wife: Eva Byers) Does anyone know anything about this incident? Stacie onionring@blomand.net Sweet Potato's Genealogy Page! http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/8441/index.html

anyone heard of it? I own pretty much its entire printing. This is a homemade magazine that was printed during the depression and contains unique local stuff, business advertising, stories etc. No copyright exists,and I will post some of this great stuff to a special page at the PDL webpage. The magazine is unique. I also own most of the "The Memorial Journal" the official organ of the Hans Herr Memorial Association, ca. 1895 and a trunkload of other antiquaria yet to be explored. Excerpts etc. will also appear on the Antiquaria page many new research references have been added to PDL webpage as well as other updating. New members should visit the site and read, print and save, sub, unsub info, dos and don'ts etc. The webpage serves as the list welcome/instruction letter. It is far easier for me to edit and far more readily accessible at all times than is the server issued welcome. rod

Hi Joanne: Thanks for your response to my listing. Most of the info. I have about the BEAR family came from A Genealogy of the Bear Family & Biographical Record of the Descendants of Jacob Bear, 1747-1906 by Walter Scott Bear. Mr. Bear and my grandfather, George SCOVILLE, corresponded during the 1950's. They were cousins. Additional data was found on film at the LDS Family History Center; the Mennonite Family History, and Jane Evans Best. This research was done in 1992/93. and I was wondering if any more has been found on the marriages and wives of these families. Hans Jagely BAR siblings, Hans Rudolf, Elisbeth, Heinrich, Barbara, and Susanna. Hans Jagely (Jacob) BAR, I have he m. Anna Barbara FREDERICK, b. ca. 1680, Father Isaac and mother Mary. Has anything more been found on the Frederick family. Jagely and Anna's children, who did they marry? Samuel, Veronica, Margaretha and Elizabeth. These are a few of the gaps I'm trying to fill-in. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Alyce Smith - ALYSYD@aol.com

>anyone heard of it? I own pretty much its entire printing. This is a >homemade >magazine that was printed during the depression and contains unique >local >stuff, business advertising, stories etc. > Rod Any adveritising for there for Dead Stock / Dead Animals by any of the various LAMPARTER glue / rendering businesses? Thanks. Bob Lamparter Selinsgrove, PA

Nadine and all, vee wrote: > It was all that the local carpenters could do to keep up with the demands for >even a simple pine box coffin. As noted, little Paul was buried the day after he >died which would indicate that there was an urgency to bury the dead. I have found funeral home directors to be one of the "forgotten sources" of genealogical information. I almost always go to them instead of asking for a state death certificate (remember funeral homes have all the same information on file too).We were able to find descendants of my husband's great great aunt because the funeral home gave us the name and address of the person who pays yearly to cut the grass on the grave....off the subject...sorry....back to the subject, the flu of 1918: One funeral home director (remember many of these are family businesses) told me that his grandfather told him that they were so busy during the flu epidemics that they usually didn't fill out all those "state forms", but they did keep their own records. So just as a reminder if you need a death certificate during this time or any "flu epidemic" times there may not be a official one filed with the state. Before I knew this I had written for a death certificate from the state and for $3.00 I was told "no record"...after I "discovered" funeral homes, I wrote to the two funeral homes in the town where they lived and both replied, one had nothing on file and one had dates, parents names, birthplace, etc. One funeral home when I wrote and asked for a specific person's info also sent me all the funerals he had on file with that surname...what a gift!!! Joanne

Hi, Jeff I have the following information (in part) on your FRETZ line in my data. John FRETZ b 8 Feb 1749, d 30 Aug 1815 Ontario, Canada, bur Bertie Twp, Welland, Ontario, Canada, m Magdalena FOX b 1 Apr 1748 PA, d 23 Sep 1820 Canada. They were Dunkards who emigrated to Canada in 1800 with his family except Barbara and Daniel. They had seven children including Daniel, who became a German Baptist bishop. Daniel FRETZ Jr b 3 Aug 1776 Lancaster Co, PA, d 16 Aug 1864 Lancaster Co, PA, bur at Manheim, m abt 1800 Jemima SULLIVAN b 20 Jan 1780, d 9 Oct 1840. Her ancestry is Scottish. They had six children including John FRETZ. John FRETZ b 1803/04 Lancaster Co, d 1836, m Elizabeth KLINGELKOEFFER b 14 Jun 1808 Lancaster Co, d 22 Aug 1875 Stark Co, OH. They had four children including Daniel K. FRETZ. Daniel K. FRETZ b 18 Dec 1829 Lancaster Co, d Cedar Grove, IA, m 1850 Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" ROYER b abt 1830 PA. They had six children. I seek all descendants of Daniel K. FRETZ and Eliza ROYER; they are all also KEMPER descendants. Do you (or anyone else reading this) have information about their descendants for me? I'd be more than happy to trade information, including that about the ancestors of Eliza ROYER. I only have a couple STAMMs. Katie STAMM m Harry KOONS. They had a son Roy E. KOONS b 6 Feb 1913, a farmer near Fredericksburg, Lebanon Co, PA. He m 7 Dec 1935 Olive BOMBERGER b 7 May 1914 Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA. She is a KEMPER descendant. Anna E. STAMM m Samuel E. STEIN. Their son Marvin Kenneth STEIN b 15 Mar 1916, m Ruby Lucille ROYER b 12 Apr 1918 Newton, Harvey Co, KS. She is also a KEMPER descendant, and I believe is still alive in Harvey Co. I can trade info about her ancestry as well as that of Olive BOMBERGER. Thanks in advance for any help Vic Kemper New email address: vicnjudy@zianet.com Las Cruces, NM > I have one family that is known to be relevant to this group, and one that > is suspected to be relevant. I am a descendant of John Fretz (b. cir. 1748 > m. Magdalena Fox, d. 1815), who lived in Lancaster County and later moved > to Ontario. I am a descendant of his son Daniel Fretz (b. 1776, m. Jemima > Sullivan cir. 1800, d. 1840) who stayed in Lancaster County on the family > farm, reputedly near Manheim. Although I have a fair amount of information > on this line there are still many gaps in the original sources, and I am > always looking to make things more complete. > > The other family is considerably more mysterious, as a couple of people > here can attest. The surname is Stamm, represented most distantly by James > M. Stamm (b.1837 m. Rosanna Flowers 1864, d. 1906). This line is only > reputed to be Penna Dutch by family tradition, but James M. Stamm was born > in Cornwall, in Lebanon County, and we now know (thanks to Linnea Miller) > that he moved to Middletown in Dauphin County, worked for the Young farms > there, and died there after a fall at the Washington House (a hotel also > owned by the Youngs) there. Although I have not had the opportunity to > bring all possible resources to bear on the question of James M. Stamm's > origin, he has been the most difficult family member to research thus far, > with the exception of his wife Rosanna, about whom we know even less. > > Additional information on any of these lines can be had at: > > http://shutter.vet.ohio-state.edu > > Finally, I own a copy of the Fretz Family History (commonly called "Volume > 1", but it is the 1890 version before other volumes were contemplated) as > well as some other material on the same family, and I am always happy to do > lookups for anyone who asks. > > > -- > Jeffrey S. Medkeff _|_ If too much knowledge is a dangerous thing, > Sierra Vista, | where is the man who has so muc as to > Arizona | be out of danger? >

I don't know how many of you are aware of what has been a great resource for me in Illinois. The Illinois State Historical Library has on microfilm most all old newspapers from all over Illinois all available for interlibrary loan. I have seen the book "Newspapers in the Historical Library" listing what is available here at the Rockford Library and there are newspapers on microfilm for most small towns all over the state with some back to the mid 1850's. I have been going through them for Leaf River, Ogle Co. and have found many old news stories about relatives such as obituaries, marriages, births, etc. The old newspapers have a lot of town gossip in them that can often help put together family members. I found an obit for my 2nd great grandfather who died in 1895 that prior to this, nobody seemed to know anything about. I found another news story from an 1885 newspaper about a relative who committed suicide. It takes time to go through the films but they have added so much to my collection. It is surprising how many small towns had newspapers back then. I have contacted the Springfield Library and they do not have any more books available but the Rockford Library has one and I imagine other libraries in the state do. Their address is Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62701. Another great thing about it is that there is no charge. They are available to any library in the U.S. with microfilm reading facilities. The library must handle the processing of the request. You are limited to 5 reels per request. You are allowed one month to read them but they do allow extensions. There is a complete list of instructions of the loan policy available in the Ogle Co. genealogy web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1958/ogle.html If you have any questions, please write to me.... Roger Cramer, Rockford, IL

it seems i am getting two or three pieces of unsoliceted mail from pandree@unix.cde.com. how can i make this end? john kelly ] Paul Andree wrote: > > Hi All, > > >From recent correspondence, I recognize that some of you are unaware of > the master list containing all of the mail lists available from > Rootsweb. It contains "county" and "surname" listings. > > Also, you will want to bookmark this. It includes all Rootsweb Mail > Lists. > > User Mailing Lists Hosted by RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > > Enjoy! > -- > Thanks, > Paul Andree > > Web site at: http://www.cde.com/~pandree > 150 Christian Links > Genealogy - Andree, Beall, Crevier, Dabney, Munn, > - Wagner-Wagoner-Waggoner, Zimmerman > Bread of Life Services, Inc. - Surplus Food Program > Genetically Engineered Foods - You must read, it's extremely dangerous > BEALL mailing list at: BEALL-L@rootsweb.com > ZIMMERMAN mailing list at: ZIMMERMAN-L@rootsweb.com > Northunberland Co, PA list at: PANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com > Westmoreland Co, PA list at: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com > Email me for directions to subscribe to these mail lists > > Philippians 4: > 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and > supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. > 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall > keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

So far, I've picked up several good pieces of information from "unsolicited" sources. I don't spend a lot of time surfing the web, and getting the search engines to give you exactly what you want also isn't easy! I can use my delete button if need be, but I've been more disgusted lately with "people attitude" then people helping others. Teri Terry (Phil 4:13) & Teri (Ps 37:5) Cleaveland pastor751@greenapple.com teridawn@mailexcite.com listowners for CLEAVELAND-L at Rootsweb.com http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl ---------- <snip> > SEANOC wrote: > > > > it seems i am getting two or three pieces of unsoliceted mail from > > pandree@unix.cde.com. > > how can i make this end? > > john kelly > > ] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > I've learned my lesson. It will not happen again; even tho many have > thanked me for info they were not aware of. Different mail lists have > different restrictions, and I lost track of those restrictions. > > I'm sorry ! > -- > Thanks, > Paul Andree > > Web site at: http://www.cde.com/~pandree > 150 Christian Links > Genealogy - Andree, Beall, Crevier, Dabney, Munn, > - Wagner-Wagoner-Waggoner, Zimmerman >

SEANOC wrote: > > it seems i am getting two or three pieces of unsoliceted mail from > pandree@unix.cde.com. > how can i make this end? > john kelly > ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I've learned my lesson. It will not happen again; even tho many have thanked me for info they were not aware of. Different mail lists have different restrictions, and I lost track of those restrictions. I'm sorry ! -- Thanks, Paul Andree Web site at: http://www.cde.com/~pandree 150 Christian Links Genealogy - Andree, Beall, Crevier, Dabney, Munn, - Wagner-Wagoner-Waggoner, Zimmerman

Does anyone have any info on the surname MORR? This is the original spelling and I seem to have hit a brick wall with it..so any info would be appreciated Stacie onionring@blomand.net Sweet Potato's Genealogy Page! http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/8441/index.html

In a message dated 97-08-26 17:19:59 EDT, you write: << timothy-shipe@uiowa.edu >> tim, what you say is not without merit, but rootsweb and maiser tell all new listowners not to do this. I never did and don't know who might have done it to bring it to your notice. further, one post made yesterday gave inadequate subscribe directions and both my personal address and the list have received misdirected subscribe messages for someone elses's list. there is a list you can join for these announcements, but the PD list is not an appropriate venue. rod