Garry, if that wasn't you, I apologize. I just threw out your name as a suggestion as the person who quoted the Andrew Straub will on the listserve a couple years ago. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Morton <ssmorton@gte.net> To: <STRAUB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [STRAUB-L] Bernard STROUP > Garry, Thanks for the information. I will add that to my folder. I have > another question . This is about Andrew Straub. I just read a message that > Jim Burnell had put on RootsWeb about the will you found for Andrew. Two > years ago, I had done some extensive research on Andrew, founder of > Freeburg, Snyder, PA. While visiting the county offices in Centre, Mifflin, > Perry, Juniata, Union, Nothumberland and Cumberland, I found that Andrew and > his wife, Barbara, had bought and sold many parcels of land from 1809 to > 1847. Andrew had sold many in the years before 1809. In Centre County alone, > there were over 60 parcels sold. I checked on Andrew's signatures and they > all match. Barbara just made her mark. I made copies of some of the deed > transactions, but there were just too many to make copies of all of them. I > did copy the reference numbers on most of the ones in Centre County. But I > ran out of time to do more.According toGeorge Franklin Dunkelberger in The > Story of Snyder County, page 134, he states that Andrew died while living in > the old stone house on Paul Kuster's farm which is a few miles west of > Selinsgrove in Penn Township. My question to you is: where did you find > Andrew's will? Is his signature a match with the deed for the one on > Freeburg lots which he donated? > I have not done much research in the last year because of health problems. > But my health is much better now. Shiley Straub Morton > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Garry Heagy" <gheagy@sgci.com> > To: <STRAUB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:05 AM > Subject: Re: [STRAUB-L] Bernard STROUP > > > > Bernhard and Caritas Straub lived in the vicinity of St. Paul's Blue > Church, > > Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh County, PA around 1760. They had the following > > children baptised there: > > > > Johannes b abt 1756 > > Catharine b. abt 1760 > > Georg b. September 3, 1757 > > > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >