Mimi, I have the "St. James United Church of Christ Church Register (Reformed Church) Loudoun County, Virginia ca Sept 17, 1789-August 23, 1823" translated from German to English by Jerry and Tedi Jeen Mower. This is the book I found my ggggrandfather's birth Adam Schumacher s/o Daniel and Catherine Oechslein/Exline and godparents, Adam Oechslein and wife. It appears to me they have used the German spellings of surnames. In this book there are 32 pages with the spelling of Becker; 2 pages mention BECK; 2 pages mention BECKERIN; 4 pgs. mention BECKERN; 1 pg. BECKERS; 1 pg. BEK; 2 pg. BEKER; 1 pg. BEKERIN. I am sure this just confuses the situation. I found 25 pgs. mention SCHUMACHER; 1 pg. SHOEMAKER and various other spellings. My family spelled the original name as Schumacher.......and by the time they were in Bedford and Somerset Co. PA it was Shoemaker. Oechslein was Exline/Axline by the time they were in Bedford and Somerset. Co. PA. Tootsie