-----Original Message----- From: Joseph W. Rafferty <joemarg@penn.com> To: hobnail <hobnail@erols.com> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Ruffs in Knopp >There are two Rufs mentioned in the Niederschlettenbach books published by >PAFF: Johannes Ruf m.Maria Apollonia Unknown. They had the following >children: >l. Katharina Elisabeth d. Jan 28, 1733 in Lauterschwan >2.Maria Magdalena christened March 18, 1734, d.March 12, 1735 >3.Adam christened December 25, 1735 >4.Johann Georg christened December 31, 1738 > >The other Ruf reference is for a couple whose names are not known, who had a >child named Anna Margarethe who died April 28, 1734 in Bobenthal, aged 11 >months. > >Niederschlettenbach, Bundenthal, Bruchweiler, Busenberg/Schindhard, >Fischbach, Bobenthal, Bärenbach, etc., are Catholic parishes. One quarter >of my wife's ancestry comes from these places so we are in the process of >doing a great deal of research on them. One quarter of my ancestry comes >from the more immediate area of Pirmasens and they were all German Reformed >and we are also working on those. > >We have the books published by PAFF on Bruchweiler, Bundenthal and >Niederschlettenbach. > >Hope this helps narrow your search! >Joe Rafferty >