Bill-- An item in your email caught my eye... >>I am also working on the 1710 Palatine family of Jacob Scherp; and have a large amount of work completed on the family of Anna Barbara (Mathess) Scherp, Jacob's sister-in-law, from whom I descend.<< Is this the Sharp/Scherp/Sharfenstein family that arrived in Philadelphia ca. 1734 and settled in Hunterdon Co., NJ? If so, I would be very interested in communicating further with you. Ginny in Seattle

>Bill-- >An item in your email caught my eye... >>>I am also working on the 1710 Palatine family of Jacob Scherp; and have >>>a large amount of work completed on the family of Anna Barbara (Mathess) >>>Scherp, Jacob's sister-in-law, from whom I descend.<< > >Is this the Sharp/Scherp/Sharfenstein family that arrived in Philadelphia >ca. 1734 and settled in Hunterdon Co., NJ? If so, I would be very >interested in communicating further with you. > >Ginny in Seattle Hi Ginny in Seattle, No, I'm afraid it isn't - but don't know if there could be a connection somewhere in Germany. My line came from Laubenheim (between Bingen and Kreuznach on the Nahe River - Bingen is on the Rhine). The name was spelled variously as Scherb, Scherp, Scharp, etc., but never Sharfenstein as far as I know. Bill Hull