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- From: donald@avpit20.rtp.dg.com (Donald L. Shepherd)
- Subject: Re: For Dorothy Boyd-Rush (mail bounced)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 18:54:45 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov11.160734.29465@ameris.ameritech.com>
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- In article <1992Nov11.160734.29465@ameris.ameritech.com>, rwarr@ameris.ameritech.com (Robert E. Warren) writes:
- |> In soc.roots you write:
- |>
- |> > I have reason to believe that a marriage between Johann Karl Risch and Anna
- |> > Elizabeth Suess occurred in Heidleberg Township in Pennsylvania. What would be
- |> > the best place to seek out this information. I forgot to add that I believe
- |> > they were married in 1752. Where is Heidleberg located, then and now?
- |> > Thanks to all in advance.
- |> > Dorothy Boyd-Rush
- |> > Harrisonburg, Virginia
- |> >
- |> Dorothy --
- |>
- |> First the bad news -- there are multiple Heidelberg Townships in PA. The
- |> good news is that there were fewer of them in 1752. The one I know something
- |> about is in what is now Lehigh County (Allentown is the county seat). In
- |> 1752 it was in Northhampton Co. (before it split into Northhampton and
- |> Lehigh). Heidelberg township is in the northwest part of Lehigh County.
- |> One of my ancestors (Christian Loughner) settled in Heidelberg Township in
- |> 1751 near a little town named Lehigh Furnace. Aside from land records,
- |> the main records I have found useful are the Heidelberg church records.
- |> This church was a 'union' church, serving Lutheran and Reformed congregations.
- |> I have some of the church records copied, and I will look for Risch & Suess,
- |> but my records are not complete. The Lehigh Co. Historical Soc. in
- |> Allentown has a transcribed copy of the records and could look for you.
- |>
- |> Bob Warren
- |> rwarr@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com
- |>
- There is also a Heidelberg a few miles south of Pittsburgh, in Allegheny
- County. I am not sure if it is a borough or township. I hope this helps.
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