In a message dated 9/9/02 1:07:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thelmamarie55@earthlink.net writes: SAW THIS NOTE RE CHURCH IN LOUDOUN CO VA MY FAMILY NAME WAS BECKLEY THEY WERE IN LOUDOUN CO TIL 1812 CAN YOU HELP ME JD BECKLEY > <A HREF="mailto:thelmamarie55@earthlink.net">thelmamarie55@earthlink.net</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com">VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com">VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > 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 > > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com Researching JEWEL in Loudoun Co.