In a message dated 4/22/99 11:55:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Where does one begin to search for information on births in the 1790's. > probably in Chester Co, possibly Lancaster or Montgomery? > I am searching for any information I can find on my ggrandfather, Isaac > Mintz, who we believe was born in Pottstown in 1794. June, I checked my books--John T. Humphrey's Pennsylvania Births series of books--for all of the counties surrounding Pottstown. Pottstown is in Montgomery County but it is very close to the border with Chester, Berks, and even Lancaster County. I checked ALL of those counties and the books go through 1800. I should also note that I have Philadelphia County births too but the books for Philadelphia County only go through 1780--so if your Isaac was baptized in a church in Phila. I don't have the baptisms for 1794 for that county. I found a few baptisms at New Hanover Lutheran Church in Montgomery County--not far from Pottstown for three children (all girls) of Benedict and Catharina Minz in the 1760s and 1770s. I find nothing at all in Chester County. I tried to consider all possible variants of Mintz--such as Minnich-Minch-Muench, Muntz, etc. I found no Isaacs that could be your Isaac. In Berks County in some miscellaneous baptismal records I found a baptism for an Isaac (surname not listed and parents names not listed) born February 1787. He was baptized at St. Paul's Union Church in Amity Township, Berks County. This is not TOO far away from the area you are expecting to find your Isaac. I can't find anything closer. Perhaps you could give me more details--explain why you expect to find him being baptized around Pottstown and anything else you might be able to tell me. Joan