Hi Penny I have WISE family connections in the Mercer County, PA area - I'd be happy to e-mail info or fax charts and share what info that I have. example: Sarah WISE -FRY - daughter of John WISE and Eve KESTER WISE of Allentown PA FAX - (330) 549-9286 VIVEIROS@MSN.COM Hope we can help each other - Robbi -----Original Message----- From: Wbrkv@aol.com <Wbrkv@aol.com> To: WISE-L@rootsweb.com <WISE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 5:54 AM Subject: Re: WEISS, SULLIVAN, CARL, TATU - Ohio >Hi. > >I have been doing research on the WEISS/WEIS family. My line immigrated from >Gamshurst, Baden, Germany in 1830. They were Roman Catholic and settled in >Mercer County. > >If your line is German Catholic, we may have some connection. The name was >WEISS until they came to America. It appears that is when they dropped the >second 's'. Let me know if this fits your known facts. I will be glad to >share if we have a connection. > >Penny (Weis) Weaver > >