This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZJYBAEB/262.1 Message Board Post: Dear Vicki,I hope that you haven't completly forgotten about this site.I found two entries for Mathias Z(S)immerman and Pierce Jones;one is their marriage 22March,1776 and the other is the birth or baptism of a son,Jacob, 1Sept.1778.Both of these events are recorded at St.Gabriel's Episcopal Church at Douglasville,Amity Twp.,Berks County Pa.Other researchers and I are looking desparately for the parents of Jacob (b.1778) and Emanuel (b.1779)Zimmerman.So far the best guess is this Mathias.Both Jacob and Emanuel moved from Berks County to Schuylkill County and are found in various records in Schuylkill County from ca.1818 on.Emanuel is my gr.gr.gr.grandfather and moved to New York State some time after 1825.He died in the vicinity of Lockport in 1847.If by some remote chance these names mean anything to you I would be most pleased to hear from you.Sincerely Bob Zimmerman.303 Second St.Weatherly,Pa.