You can access an index of Berks County wills at the county's register of wills website at www.berksregofwills.com/search/ At 11:27 PM 4/15/01 -0500, you wrote: >Wow Sharon! >You have a wonderful resource there! BUT, I have one problem: >Maidenhead is in NJ and MaidenCreek is in Berks County! Could this be >the same family? You said that other children of Paulus Dirckse were >not known to have changed there names to HOFF. Does that include HUFF?!! >Is there anything on descendents of Derrick HOFF? Was your source for >this the same as the other HUFF information? > >Another possible: Is there anything on Michael HOFF of Alsace who is >shown on the 1800 Census? Franz KERST owned property in Alsace when he >died, according to his will of 1765, when he mentioned his sister Mary >HUFF of Maidencreek. Maybe there is a connection there. Are there any >parents for Michael? He is not shown on the 1810 Census, so may have >died before then. > >Does anyone have wills of Berks County who could look for Michael HOFF? > >I really appreciate your reponses of what you have before you! Thank >you so much for your searches! > >Diana in BIrmingham AL > > >==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== >Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own? >Transcribed records get lots of appreciative readers. Or try a surname >query you haven't posted in a while. > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp