After reading through the look ups of the various names being done by Billy Markland, I have to question the lack of some of the names. This is just a thought, it was the habit of the Moravians to sort of control or arrange marriages to the advantage of the community as a whole. The marriage was first approved by the Church. Often it was sugguested by the church leaders that certain people marry. Would this elimate the posting of bonds, since the arrangement was basicly controlled by the church? Would not these unions be thus only recorded by the church? Anyone out there with knowledge of this practice of the Moravian Church with it's approval or disapproval? Some reference to the marriage of outsiders and leaving the church because of not marring from within are recorded in the Fries Books. Happy Hunting Catherine Leinbach