It,s nice to be able to help solve a part of the puzzle and I think I have just what you are looking for. I visited the Grubbs Church last year and also the local historical society. I made a copy of a list that was hand written by someone in 1993. The names of interest are on the list. They appear there thusly: BENJAMIN RUMFELT (no dates) ELIZABETH 5/18/1829-7/4/1869 ( no last name but is positioned on the list in the wife location) LOUISA RUMFELT 1/11/1844-6/29/1864 DAUGHTER OF ISSAC Also I made copies of pages of Chapman township tombstone record that contain: Rumfelt, Henry, died jul 17. 1879, aged 63y 4m 1d Rumfelt, Elizabeth, wife of Henry, died Jan 4 1878, aged 66y 1m 11d Rumfelt, William, son of Henry, died Jan 31, 1857, 2y 6m 26d Rumfelt, Lydia, wife of Isaac, born Oct 18, 1818;died Dec 23 1853, aged 35y 2m 5d. Other records I have confirm; Elizabeth wife of Benjamin 5/18/1829-7/4/1869 From The Story of Snyder Co. by George Franklin Dunkelberger. this church was originally known as Grubbs Church, Kruppe's Church, Bauerman's Church, or Botschaft's Church. It was founded as a union church in 1776,. You may wonder why I have this particular information. My ancestors came from the same area/church and many are buried there. My ancestors surname is Reichenbach, so when I copied pages of records I was right in the ballpark to pick up Rumfelt. Good luck, If I can help further please let me know. ticklo@usaor.net ----Original Message----- [BJK] From: Richard Olen Sommer [SMTP:rosommer@primenet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 2:14 PM To: 'BJK' Subject: RE: Chapman Township Hi, Thanks for the reply. Grubbs Church is apparently the same church, updated name, I was looking for. My family of interest is RUMFIELD/RUMFELD/RUMFELT. Some info I got from the local FHC mentioned the church as where a Louisa Rumfelt was christened. I believe this is part of my family and am seeking additional information on her and any other Rumfelts in the area. Her father was Benjamin and his wife, I believe, was Elisabeth. If you have any other information it would certainly be appreciated. Thank you. Dick Sommer <rosommer@primenet.com> ---------- From: BJK[SMTP:ticklo@usaor.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 12:06 PM To: 'rosommer@primenet.com' Subject: Chapman Township I can't help you with the churches location, but I can tell you were to find Chapman Township. It issouthwest on Selinsgrove, bounded on the SE by the Susquehanna River, the West by state hyway 104. It contains the villages of Hoffer, Chapman, Independence Pallas and Meiserville. My family church, Grubbs Church, is in the township. ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Have you visit the webpage associated with this mail list? If not go to http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pennadutch.html