Hello Chris, I found some references on-line which may be of interest: Source: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PETREY] William Petrey & Mary Ann Powers Whitley Co. Ky. According to the book put out by Ernie Petrie, regarding descendants of Adam Petre and Franky Oaks: He states the the father of Adam was John Adam Petre, his father being Hans Georg Petre, who settled in Lancaster Co, PA about 1730. That's all he lists, but at least it's a start. Judy Ho Ching [email protected] **************************************************************************** Genforum Message Board...Petre http://genforum.genealogy.com/petre/ where I spotted this one... [email protected] Looking for information regarding Adam PETRE son of Hans George Petre. It appears that Adam was born c. 1746 in Lancaster, PA. and married Eva Margaret ROTH c. 1763. Known daughters were Catherine and Barbara Petre. Adam is listed on the 1797 Grainger County Tennessee tax list next to John Beeler. The 1808 tax list has him living on the Clinch River in the same county. Catherine Petre married Joseph Beeler, son of John Valentine Beeler. Looking to share information on this line. ********** I wonder if his forename suggests perhaps a German or Dutch connection ?? Try this website.... http://www.cyndislist.com/germany.htm#General With such early records I think you will need to determine for sure his nationality before you can fine tune your search for individual records (if they have survived) for him. Have a look at the world-wide Birth Records in the on-line IGI by doing a Custom Search http://www.familysearch.com/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_I GI.asp Where you can check for individuals or families (for families, include only the parents names and leave the individuals name blank and note the event as birth/christening) in particular regions... I noticed there were a few Johanes Petri's born in Sweden. Perhaps you can check out the census records in the area where he settled in USA according to the US census website - census records are available on microfilm from 1790 through to 1920, and immigration records from 1820.... http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/ although these may be too late for your Johannas Petree, perhaps others of the same family line who emigrated later will be listed and show their country of origin ?? Surname Message Boards might prove useful try... http://genforum.genealogy.com/ and http://www.familyhistory.com/ Rootsweb have a number of resources where you can find information on the Petree surname http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/p/e/PETREE/ as does Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/ Certainly there were no Johannes or Hans George Petree's born in Scotland that we know of, and Johannes or Hans are not Scottish forenames..... I realise you may have tried a few of the above websites already, but I do hope some of them might prove useful for your research.... Cheerio the noo Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: Petree, Chris (CAP, GEFA, Contractor) <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Johannes George Petree > I wrote earlier looking for information on a Hans Georg Petre. Well I have found other information leading to back to a Johannes George Petree from another site, had a few different children, but 1 child being the same on both paths, which fortunately/unfortunately is my line. What I wanted to know is, would anyone know which way to maybe guide me to locate information on a Johannes George Petree. Thank you for any information. Happy researching to all. Chris Petree > >