Just go to Search on you web page and then type in <Peaked Mountain Church> and you will get answers. Or just place it in the "address bar" and hit "enter" on your keyboard. I did that and it worked. There were lots of places to search. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <MBaker202@aol.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 02:48 PM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Fwd: The Peaked Mountain Church,Rockingham County > > --part1_e4.1d58a544.2918552b_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --part1_e4.1d58a544.2918552b_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: <MBaker202@aol.com> > From: MBaker202@aol.com > Full-name: MBaker202 > Message-ID: <d1.efc85c4.29185411@aol.com> > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:44:01 EST > Subject: The Peaked Mountain Church,Rockingham County > To: VALOU.L@rootsweb.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 > > Is anyone familiar with the records of this church? There is a notation in > the William and Mary Quarterly Series 1 Volume 14 July 1905-April1906 that > there is book called > Record of the Peaked Mountain Church > Rockingham County edited by Prof. William J. Hinke and Charles E. Kemper > It says that the record is one of the oldest and most important German record > books to be found in the upper part of the Shenandoah Valley> It contains > much historical and genealogical information about the early German Reformed > and Lutheran settlers in Rockingham County which cannot be found any where > else. It gives for the first time the name of the earliest Reformed minister > who preached in that region the Rev. I.C. Van Gemuenden. He ministered to the > church from February 1762 to December 1763. > The first church was dedicated October 23,1768 by the Lutheran pastor, the > Rev. John Schwarbach. On October 31,1769 an agreement was signed by 45 > persons according to which the church was to be a union church of Reformed > and Lutheran people. The second Church was located near the Stony Creek. > The third church was dedicated on May 27, 1804. This building was occupied > jointly by the Reformed and Lutherans until the Reformed people separated and > erected a new church known as------ > Unfortunately my second page of notes made many years ago is missing. > > I am particularly interested in finding out if a baptism I copied is a Conrad > Baker family I am looking for in Loudoun County. > > The item says Conrad Becker had his son William born March 29,1798 baptised > May 25 by Rev V. G. C. Stokus. > > Hope someone can help!!! > > Mimi Baker > > --part1_e4.1d58a544.2918552b_boundary-- > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com