Guest: Margie Teague Stewart
Date-Time: Monday, June 18, 2001 at 20:38:59 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Solomon Derr
Comments: Derr was the maiden name of my mother.Her father's name was Charles Tull Derr. He had two brothers, Frank Alvin and Herbert Blanchard. His father was Charles _ Derr, and I think that his father was Solomon Derr. My mother was the last of the Derr family. They were originally from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mo. I was interested when I saw your web page, because I have never seen the Derr name before. I would be interested in anything that you know about this family name and where they came from. I know that Solomon and his brother came across the ocean, but I don't know where from. I know that Herbert was born on 3-14-1877 or there abouts.
Email address: mkstewart5@aol.com
Guest: Margie Teague Stewart
Date-Time: Monday, June 18, 2001 at 20:38:12 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Solomon Derr
Comments: Derr was the maiden name of my mother.Her father's name was Charles Tull Derr. He had two brothers, Frank Alvin and Herbert Blanchard. His father was Charles _ Derr, and I think that his father was Solomon Derr. My mother was the last of the Derr family. They were originally from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mosouri. I was interested when I saw your web page, because I have never seen the Derr name before. I would be interested in anything that you know about this family name and where they came from. I know that Solomon and his brother came across the ocean, but I don't know where from. I know that Herbert was born on 3-14-1877 or there abouts.
Email address: mkstewart5@aol.com
Guest: Margie Teague Stewart
Date-Time: Monday, June 18, 2001 at 20:31:04 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Solomon Derr
Comments: Derr was the maiden name of my mother.
Email address: mkstewart5@aol.com
Guest: Sandra "Sandy" Engles Casteel, Oklahoma City OK
Date-Time: Monday, June 11, 2001 at 23:32:02 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page & PA Gernam Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Engles
Comments: I am so glad to have been directed to your site. Thanks for all your research.
Email address: tplsokc@aol.com
Guest: Dellitt Wilson, Redmond, Utah
Date-Time: Sunday, June 10, 2001 at 17:31:01 (CDT)
Page visited: PA German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: Wingerter, Dellit (or any variant spelling)
Comments: This is a neat page! I like the music. I would like to link this to my homepage, if that's ok.
Email address: paleographer@excite.com
Guest: Jim Heffner
Date-Time: Thursday, June 07, 2001 at 15:06:50 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest:
Comments: Sorry bout the email adr mistake........I should proof read
Email address: jimgray127@earthlink.net
Guest: James William Heffner, Jr.-San Jose from Berks Pa
Date-Time: Thursday, June 07, 2001 at 15:04:13 (CDT)
Page visited: Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Heffner, Stump, Ringler Sell, Bennet, Kieffer, Leibensberger, Schaeffer, Kutz, Spohn, Dreibalbis, Lesher, Pearson, James, Ruehlin, Fetterolf, Kauffman, Rueger, Stecher, Burkhardt, Buchbacher, Merkle/Merklin, Bender, Ammeling, Hill, Mueller, Kuntz, Schump, Raths, Bossardt, Knoden, Hoffman, Rimpler, Kroeber, Meurer, Leilhuser, Steinbruch, Probst, Fischer, Grimm, Christ, Haak, Cuningunda, Norys, Harlan, Kirk/Newkirk, Boucher, Strasser, Levy, Klingman, Steinbrenner, Gramlich, Leidig, Kelchner, Braun, Hartman, Baily, Short, Ingram, Dixon, Carter, Walley
Comments: I have a Genealogy for Leibensberger and Shaeffer and a partial copy of Cloud, everything else I took from the net and my mothers DAR app.
Email address: kimgray127@earthlink.net
Guest: Lee Morton - Medford, New Jersey
Date-Time: Monday, June 04, 2001 at 16:09:35 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Bisbort, Max, Burkhart, Roemer
Comments: First time into your site - just browsing. Have a lot of info on names above, in case you know anyone researching them. Admittedly, I just don't have the time to fully search your site. Thanks for your great work. - Lee
Email address: leemort@erols.com
Guest: LAWRENCE O. LANTZ
Date-Time: Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 09:40:24 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: LANTZ
Comments: I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, HOWEVER I CAN NOT FIND THE LINK BETWEEN MY GGGFATHER AND HIS FATHER. I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE DETAILED INFORMATION IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
Email address: VEC.LOL@prodigy.net
Guest: Lauren deMoll, swarthmore, PA
Date-Time: Saturday, June 02, 2001 at 11:38:32 (CDT)
Page visited: Guest Book, PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: deMoll, Spinner, Bauer/Bower, Droll, Itschner, Lottholz, Froebel, Elbel, Brautigam, Adam, Ohnesorge, Ohrndorf, Bastian
Comments: Great site! I already found fellow researchers through the Guestbook. I am interested in the above German families, many of which came from Baden-Wuertemberg, some to Philadelphia or S.E. PA, and others to German towns in Texas.
Email address: ldemoll@home.com
Guest: James Bermingham Stice, Menlo Park, CA
Date-Time: Sunday, May 27, 2001 at 17:29:25 (CDT)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Stice, Steis, Steiss, Steiß
Comments: My daughter is Jennifer Stice Rowe. I have been doing some Internet research on Charles Stice and have come to the following conclusions: While his last residence before sailing to Philadelphia might have been Alsace-Lorraine, he was actually from (and probably born) east of there in what is now the extreme southwest corner of Germany. I base this on an analysis of latest German phone book which has 144 listings for Steis, Steiss and Steiß for all of Germany. 118 or 82% of those listed live in this small area contiguous with the French border. On the other hand, the Alsace-Lorraine phonebook has only one Steis listing. His first name was probably spelled "Karl" not "Carl". Four individuals listed in the phone were named Karl. There were no Carls listed.
Is the above consistant or inconsistant with the information you have?
Email address: jbstice@yahoo.com
Guest: Dora Smith,Clifton CO
Date-Time: Sunday, May 27, 2001 at 08:47:16 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page, PA German Naming Customs,)
Surnames of interest: Emanuel Keim,Lydia Kime
Comments: I found your info on German names great. I looked for the Keim surname and ran out of time before I found it. Is there a simpler way to research your site for surnames that I missed? Thanks Dora
Email address: f1les@aol.com
Guest: Myrtleen KImes Turlock, California
Date-Time: Friday, May 25, 2001 at 16:26:54 (CDT)
Page visited: reimert.org
Surnames of interest: KIMES, SHELTON, HEROD, JOHNSON, BLESSINGER.
Comments: Would you know what kind of name Byrtle is (given)? Grandfathers name was, Byrtle Clarence Kimes born July 6, 1904 in Tennessee. Was thinking it might be German or Dutch?
Email address: Myrtleenkimes@yahoo.com
Guest: June Lilly, Pa.
Date-Time: Friday, May 25, 2001 at 13:40:00 (CDT)
Page visited: All pages were visited
Surnames of interest: Gorba, Hollman, Hermsdorfer, Housteffie, Lingenfelter, Shoenfeld (spelled 4 ways), Behe, Lance, Stine and among others...all of these from Germany.
Comments: Your site is most informative and I have bookmarked it for easy return. Thank you... it explains all of the Wilhelminas' in one of my families.
Email address: gorbaaj@hotmail.com
Guest: Robert Lipprandt, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Date-Time: Friday, May 25, 2001 at 07:29:03 (CDT)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest:
Comments: Before discovering your site, my families nameing customs drove me crazy!!!!!!!!! Now, the madness makes sense and I have a path to follow if I run across the same situation with future endevours. But, I need to warn you that I posted your site URL on the Prussian site so I would assume that your page(s) are going to be overrun shortly! In my own instance, your site has been highly informative! Regards, Robert Lipprandt
Email address: rloss@bellsouth.net
Guest: Robert J. Burke, [Scr., Pa.] now in Charleston, SC
Date-Time: Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 20:47:54 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: My father Michael J. Burke and mother Jane Morris were married in Allenton, Lehigh about 1928. I sent a request for a copy of a marriage cert. to the pitt. area Allentown Duh! I'm working on it
Comments: Real nice WEB site. Good Work!!
Email address: lavalover@home.com
Guest: Richard Hoeg Victorville, Ca.
Date-Time: Sunday, May 20, 2001 at 09:46:23 (CDT)
Page visited: german nicknames
Surnames of interest: Hoeg,Petersohn,Hoffmann,Schmidt
Comments: I found your articles interesting however not sure if any help. But I thank you for the information
Email address: frezypoker@prodigy.net
Guest: Linda Hooper, Martinsville, VA
Date-Time: Saturday, May 19, 2001 at 21:47:43 (CDT)
Page visited: I visited several pages.
Surnames of interest: Rupp, i.e. Rub, Rupe
Comments: I just wanted to thank you for the "PA German Naming Customs". I have recently started researching the Jacob Rupp line. My Mother has just completed a book on the Rupes'(Roop). I have a cousin in Europe who plans to extend the research to the northern Alsace area of France (Oberhoffen). After reading your excerpts, I realize the need to be very careful in researching the given names. Any input you may have would be greatly appreciated. Again, thank you.
Email address: whooper@sitestar.net
Guest: David Caleb Bashore
Date-Time: Saturday, May 12, 2001 at 19:19:23 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Bashore
Comments: Thank you for the wonderful history. I want more, but have to do chores for now. Later
Email address: bud98146@yahoo.com
Guest: Richard Merk
Date-Time: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 21:21:04 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Merk, Stopper, Thompson, Beiter
Comments: Excellant page, very interesting
Email address: jenz951@adelphia.net
Guest: Robert S. Janke, Fairfield CT
Date-Time: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 17:55:47 (CDT)
Page visited: Think I visited all of them!
Surnames of interest: Janke, Lanks, Blais, Goodrich, Curtis, Fournier, Krug, Keefer
Comments: Great Sites!
Email address: BobJanke@snet.net
Guest: Glenn C. Fegely
Date-Time: Friday, May 04, 2001 at 19:27:01 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Fegely
Comments: My compliments on your approach....no one can top an engineer for excellence. I noticed the P.E. next to your name and as a graduate of Lehigh University (B.S. Metallurgy) I could quickyl detect and appreciate your fine work.
Email address: gfegely@bellatlantic.net
Guest: Robert Sennert, Colorado Springs CO
Date-Time: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 at 22:43:18 (CDT)
Page visited: PA Dutch Are German Not Dutch
Surnames of interest:
Comments: Not only PA Dutch(Germans) are called Dutch, but also all Germans in USA farming communities are called Dutch. If they couldn't pronounce your last name, they might just call you Dutch; a common practice in the mid-west, for example.(Ex. Hey Dutch, how's it going? but your real name ist Gerstenbauer that only your "Grossvater" can say correctly) I was told that the English in PA would call the Germans: those dumb Dutch, because their English wasn't so good yet. Not very nice! Soo, since the English were so blond(so many being of Saxon decent and much blonder than most of the PA Dutch, who were from the Rhineland or Switzerland and had dark hair(just look at the Amish),started to refer to the English as "Cheese Heads" German: Johann Kaes(or John Kaes=John Cheese)and in PA Dutch "Jankees" and now we know where "Yankee" comes from,ja? Also, I've never heard PA Germans pronounce Deutsch like High German, but they say "Deitch" or most Amish say something like: Deasch. How often have I heard: (PA) Mir sinn so Deatsch wie Sauergraut! German: Wir sind so Deutsch wie Saukraut. (Eng) We're as German as Sourkraut. I enjoyed your thesis and would like to close by saying: I think most of us German-Americans don't mine being called Dutch due to the two wars with Germany which brought anti-German feelings. My "Grossdadie" said once, when I was just eight, When you say Dutch, they think of Tulips and chocolate, but if you say German, they think of Guns and tanks. Sad, but true. God bless! Robert
Email address: Manola@qwest.net
Guest: Helena,Missouri
Date-Time: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 at 13:46:38 (CDT)
Page visited: German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: Christoph, Muller, Kraus, Landkammer, Lang, Pech, Rubey, Haberl, Konopik, Kozlik, Brunner, Rezniczek
Comments: Nice site .
Email address: vhdmk4@netzero.net
Guest: Roger Morgenthaler
Date-Time: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 at 19:47:02 (CDT)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Morgenthaler
Comments: Thanks for the new information.
Email address: rrmrgnthlr@aol.com
Guest: Cynthia (Kerchner) Griffin
Date-Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 21:18:30 (CDT)
Page visited: Y-DNA
Surnames of interest: Kerchner
Comments: Great site!
Email address: cynthiag2001@aol.com
Guest: brian earl kirchner duquoin illinois
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 19:15:22 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: kirchner
Comments: any information on my version of the name would be appriciated oragin etc.
Email address: calleighcoy@yahoo.com
Guest: Harry Fanicase, Manvulle, NJ
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 14:19:16 (CDT)
Page visited: 18th Centry PA Surname Meaning
Surnames of interest: Hinkel, Eberhard Hoffman, Anna
Comments: I only was told my grandfather and grandmother came to the US around 1881 Yo Weaherly, PA
Email address: fanicaseh@bigplanet.com
Guest: Barbara Richards, Stockton Ca
Date-Time: Monday, April 23, 2001 at 18:03:37 (CDT)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Kirchner, Falke (Falk, Falck, Falco,) Falcon in US Hittmann, Hinterberger, Mark(s)mueller, Mueller
Comments: Found the information on Naming Practices helpful.Have so many Johann's!! Did discover that my search for Frederick and Christina Falcon brought forth Georg Friedrich and Caecilia Justina Falke. Thank you for sharing.
Email address: BRicha2131@aol.com
Guest: Kuntz, Lock Haven PA.
Date-Time: Friday, April 20, 2001 at 02:09:32 (CDT)
Page visited: All of the above
Surnames of interest: Kunrat-(Kuntz,Kuhns,Kiinzel,Koons) Schrader (Sp?)
Comments: Liked the music! :)
Email address: LBeartrap@AOL.com
Guest: Robert Grace Pleasant Valley, NY
Date-Time: Monday, April 16, 2001 at 10:46:23 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page, PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: GRESS(GRACE), UMPFERMAN/N, KOPP, ALLGEIER, KEMPF, MITCHELL
Comments: Great information Charles!
Email address: amazing1@msn.com
Guest: Sandy Landfried, Ripley, WV
Date-Time: Saturday, April 14, 2001 at 15:15:17 (CDT)
Page visited: All the one's on the German names; refered from Yahoo german club.
Surnames of interest: Landfried, Bonto, Balser
Comments: I enjoyed your pages on German names very much. Really helpful. My father in our family was the last person to be named with a saint's name and a personal second name; as a sort of reflection of tradition. I heard him explain it when I was a child. I have already found three groups of Landfried's known to each other before they immigrated from Germany and the info is helpful. Fortunately I had German in college so things aren't quite as strange as they might otherwise be. Thanks for your lovely, helpful web pages.
Email address: lndfrd@hotmail.com
Guest: Sandra Hosker .Bradford.England
Date-Time: Friday, April 13, 2001 at 07:12:22 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home page
Surnames of interest: Hosker, Oscar ,Osker
Comments: Trying very hard to research these family members, John Oscar m Ann Dennis where & when ??. Excellent web site
Email address: Hoskerfamily@aol.com
Guest: Barb Scranton Pa
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 21:57:11 (CDT)
Page visited: kerchner
Surnames of interest: Neher, Fuess
Comments: Searching for info on the Neher and Fuess families from Scranton Pa.
Email address: bacrc@webtv.net
Guest: Alton L. Coney, born Ithaca, NY
Date-Time: Monday, April 09, 2001 at 20:12:50 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Coney, Brown, Dickens, Knuppenberg, Ayers.
Comments: Sue K. Appleton introduced this site to me. She has helped quite a lot in my serches. I find it interesting that you didn't mention my variation of the Knappenberger name. Al.
Email address: aconey42@aol.com
Guest: Kathy A. Gates Snook, Bellefonte, PA
Date-Time: Monday, April 09, 2001 at 15:58:50 (CDT)
Page visited: 18th Century PA German Nicknames, Pennsylvania Dutch Are Of German Heritage, Not Dutch
Surnames of interest: Snook, Gates
Comments: Your site was VERY informative. Just ran across the name Salome and wondered if Sarah was a nickname as the census had Sarah, but her headstone has Salome. Now I know! I will check back periodically; it's a great site.
Email address: kag3@psu.edu
Guest: andrea hominuk
Date-Time: Sunday, April 08, 2001 at 22:48:48 (CDT)
Page visited: kerchner genealogy home page
Surnames of interest: Daminger,Hominuk,Gonchar
Comments: i would like any info someone can give me on the daminger family originally from germany. as well as the gonchar family from russia. hominuk family from ukraine. any help appreciated.
Email address: andreah@mergetel.com
Guest: Lee A. Kephart, Richland, IA
Date-Time: Friday, April 06, 2001 at 00:05:03 (CDT)
Page visited: PA Dutch are German not Dutch
Surnames of interest: Kephart
Comments: First time in PA Website. Have been looking at quite a few counties trying to find at least one kephart no luck. According to some family history that we already have, our ancesters came to the america's in the 1700's and settled in pennsylvania where at we're not sure. I'll probably look at some more counties tonight before turning in. Also the spelling may have been changed some time or another. Nice site!
Email address: lkephart@iowatelecom.net
Guest: Arbelle Ogles Casida
Date-Time: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 at 11:49:10 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page, PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: MURBARGAR, MURBARGER, MUHLBARGER, OGLES, CASIDA, RADER
Comments: Your pages are of great work. We have wanted a good research source for our names for years. So Glad we just found yours. My daughter, is a 22 year victim of MS and is very anxious to find something on her paternal lineage.Berks County, PA.
Email address: marya@ccrtc.com
Guest: Arbelle Ogles Casida
Date-Time: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 at 11:45:12 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page, PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: MURBARGAR, MURBARGER, MUHLBARGER, OGLES, CASIDA, RADER
Comments: Your pages are of great work. We have wanted a good research source for our names for years. So Glad we just found yours. My daughter, is a 22 year victim of MS and is very anxious to find something on her paternal lineage.
Email address: marya@ccrtc.com
Guest: Patricia Cattley-Bray
Date-Time: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 at 07:43:36 (CDT)
Page visited: German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: PHILLIPS-Germany to Buffalo, N.Y.
Comments: The German surname club on Yahoo listed your link. Your pages could be very helpful in my research of my grandparents decendents. Thank you for sharing
Email address: breezybray@aol.com
Guest: John Rauschenberger, Verona N.J.
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 at 11:48:07 (CDT)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Rauschenberger
Comments: Since 1700s from Yugoslavia, a German village. Gocova that no longer exists.
Email address: CoachRausch@hotmail.com
Guest: Joseph C. Beyer, Colmar, PA
Date-Time: Sunday, April 01, 2001 at 15:11:50 (CDT)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page, PA German Naming Custome, PA German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: BEYER, KUCHTA, KAUL, HEIM, WALHEIM, ZIMMERMAN
Comments: Thanks for all the effort you have put into these lists of names. They are a great help to me. I have marked your site for future use.
Email address: Jbeyer2492@aol.com
Guest: Richard H. Damerau
Date-Time: Saturday, March 31, 2001 at 23:29:19 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: DAMERAU
Comments: Interested in the above surname appearing in East Prussia. It is a surname and was also used for various geographic sites in East Prussia.
Email address: RjDamerau@AOL.com
Guest: S. Vilches, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date-Time: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 23:28:35 (CST)
Page visited: home page
Surnames of interest: Berkey, Kolb, Snyder,
Comments: Very useful maps of the counties - I am finding it quite difficult to figure out which county my ancesters were in, as people working on the history use various names. Currently I am looking for 'Lawrence' but don't know if this is a town, site or county. Will keep looking!
Email address: svilches@home.com
Guest: Marvin Schumacher, Clarksville,Ia
Date-Time: Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 18:03:40 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Schumacher,Jacob
Comments: Not really looking for relatives in Gackle, I am from Streeter and enjoyed reading your site.
Email address: over65@netins.net
Guest: Bob Everhart, Indianapolis, IN
Date-Time: Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 11:03:16 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Op den Graeff, Umstead, Everhart, Byerly, Justus[Justice], Schoonover, Heck, Washabaugh, Mikesell,Seyfert.
Comments: I trace back to Herman op den Graeff and Margaret Grietgen Pletjes.
Email address: rhevht@hotmail.com
Guest: Andreas Berger, Wachenheim, Germany
Date-Time: Friday, March 23, 2001 at 12:15:18 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy
Surnames of interest: Kerchner
Comments: Hi, i live in the sw part of Germany and can really point out that "Kirchner" is a very common name in the Palatinate region.. If that is of any help. Bye Andy
Email address: andy@andyberger.de
Guest: arthur derr
Date-Time: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 at 20:20:31 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: derr, john-- maryann fry,----daniel (fry) derr
Comments: looking for john derr born1800-died 1872 in miami county, ohio came from pa or maryland also his wife born 1793 died 1862 same place also she had a son who's name was daniel fry he changed his name to derr. my great, great. great, grandfather
Email address: akmoose1@earthlink.net
Guest: William Ward, Dallas, Tx.
Date-Time: Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 16:55:31 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Roesler, Mussyal, Koeppen, Ward, Hall, Coop, Elmore
Comments: Thanks for the info. I plan to download and print to add to my family tree! Thanks again, Bill Ward
Email address: wildbillwww@aol.com
Guest: Joyce Rhoads Rohrbach, Reading PA
Date-Time: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 18:46:32 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Rhoads, Rohrbach, Turbush, Gaddy, Dunbar
Comments: This was VERY informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My daughter is about to take a 6th grade genealogy course at her school, and I think your information will be helpful to her group. Thanks again.
Email address: jarohr@mail.com
Guest: Jean Ladwig, Georgia
Date-Time: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 15:03:54 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner German Spelling Idiosynerasies
Surnames of interest: Dertzbach,Dortzbach,etc.
Comments: The confusion to me is a name like Johann to me would be John. But have found something entirely different and extreme.
Email address: rlad@netnitco.net
Guest: NAN SCHEER-HALL
Date-Time: Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 10:40:38 (CST)
Page visited: KERCHNER.COM/GERMNAME.HTM
Surnames of interest: scheer
Comments: THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING. WAS REFERED BU MY SECOND COUSIN.
Email address: nanmhall@home.com
Guest: Jerry Walsh, Yorba Linda CA
Date-Time: Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 00:08:48 (CST)
Page visited: Kercher Genealogy Home page
Surnames of interest: Mlinar,Kodytek,Walsh,Davis
Comments: very good site lot of information
Email address: jerry_walsh@msn.com
Guest: Barbara Safreed
Date-Time: Monday, March 12, 2001 at 22:59:56 (CST)
Page visited: all
Surnames of interest: safreed/seyfret umstead/umstat/umstadt
Comments: Great site. Very helpful in sorting out our puzzeling german ancestors. My ggggf used Battres in marriage license but possibly used Baltzer at an earlier date. I can't figure it out.
Email address: calico@usaor.net
Guest: Barbara Safreed
Date-Time: Monday, March 12, 2001 at 22:51:25 (CST)
Page visited: all
Surnames of interest: safreed/seyfret umstead/umstat/
Comments: Great site. Very helpful in sorting out our puzzeling german ancestors. My ggggf used Battres in marriage license but possibly used Baltzer at an earlier date. I can't figure it out.
Email address: calico@usaor.net
Guest: Joy Ellsworth--Tacoma Wa.
Date-Time: Monday, March 12, 2001 at 16:22:05 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Payne, Taylor, Flint, Wharton, Hanson,White,Ellsworth, Hollingshead, Fultz
Comments: Thank you for taking the time to share yoour ideas and tips with those of us who are just getting started. You must be a very busy person and it takes a special person to share as you are doing.
Email address: Ellsworthjoy@hotmail.com
Guest: Iris Lawrence-Gardner Seattle, Wa.
Date-Time: Monday, March 12, 2001 at 08:59:58 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Zinn, Zumwalt
Comments: Good page, and good music
Email address: iris.gardner@worldnet.att.net
Guest: Dr Robert Preuss Ft Yates ND
Date-Time: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 14:55:27 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Dworznik
Comments: Thanks I was interested in naming practices.
Email address: drbob18@hotmail.com
Guest: Glenn L. Laudenslager IV, Milford, CT
Date-Time: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 10:30:37 (CST)
Page visited: http://www.kerchner.com/laudenslager/laudenslager.htm#ANCESTRY
Surnames of interest: Laudenslager
Comments: Excellent page! Tons of info I'd never known!
Email address: nikeswooshes@excite.com
Guest: David W. Wint, Bedford TX
Date-Time: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 09:09:02 (CST)
Page visited: Tips and Tricks for the beginner Genealogy 101
Surnames of interest: Wint , Derr
Comments: Thanks for free help.
Email address: radonnawint@earthlink.net
Guest: Catherine McBride, Wayland Mich.
Date-Time: Thursday, March 08, 2001 at 10:28:23 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: McBride, Wolf, Fry, Knecht
Comments: Tx! for any info you can give me!
Email address: mcbridec@wmis.net
Guest: Billie Wilkinson Shearer,East Sparta, Ohio
Date-Time: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 at 21:02:34 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Wilkinson,Fohl,Roden,Shearer,Sarver
Comments: I am new at this and I am having a wonderful time learning of my heritage. I hope to learn now how we came from Germany,Ireland,and the Pa. and Ohio.
Email address: HaBiShear@worldnet.att.net
Guest: Jack Fetterman, Portland, Or.
Date-Time: Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 23:28:08 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Fetterman
Comments: I'm interested in your research on the Fetterman line.
Email address: jckft@cs.com
Guest: Eherman L. Yoder JR.(butch) Shamokin, Pa.
Date-Time: Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 21:00:03 (CST)
Page visited: Pa. Dutch Are German Not Dutch
Surnames of interest: Yoder
Comments: I`m looking for the mother and father first names of my great grand father Alfred Charles Yoder born in Colebrook,Twp. Berks Co. Pa.
Email address: butch599@sunlink.net
Guest: Marge Moran, Palatine, IL
Date-Time: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 21:55:19 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page & PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Sack, Loibl, Steegalbaur, Foster, Taylor, Latimer
Comments: Found your site interesting and informative. I plan to visit the other parts, especially German Nicknames. I enjoyed your picture albums also. Thanks for an enjoyable visit.
Email address: mmmoran1@home.com
Guest: John Shafer, Centreville, Va.
Date-Time: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at 23:14:45 (CST)
Page visited: German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Shafer/Shaffer, Brechner, Bechtol/Bachtold.
Comments: Frederick County Maryland to Somerset County, Pa.
Email address: jpshafer@erols.com
Guest: Timothy Claude Paules Sr. Slatington,Pa.
Date-Time: Monday, February 26, 2001 at 11:49:49 (CST)
Page visited: Pennsylvania Dutch are of German Heritage,not Dutch
Surnames of interest: Paules,Paulas,Paulus
Comments: I am just starting a research on our surnname and trying to find out what i can about it.
Email address: tpaulessr@aol.com
Guest: Anne-Sofie Ringling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date-Time: Saturday, February 24, 2001 at 15:29:07 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Ringling
Comments: I'm trying to find the name of my great great grandparents. I believe that my great great grandfather was a brother of August Ringling (father of the Ringling-brothers), and he emigrated to Denmark sometime before 1885. I will be very thankfull for any information Sincerely Anne-Sofie Ringling
Email address: anne_sofie_ringling@hotmail.com
Guest: Henry J Barthel, Orlando Fl
Date-Time: Thursday, February 22, 2001 at 18:24:57 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest:
Comments: I was born and raised in PA. A beautiful State, in the summer. We have been living in Florida since 1966. We will visit PA yearly and enjoy PA
Email address: HBar241753@aol.com
Guest: Stephen Lautenschlager, Temecula CA
Date-Time: Saturday, February 17, 2001 at 11:43:34 (CST)
Page visited: Laudenslager web page
Surnames of interest: Lautenschlager
Comments: My Lautenschlager relatives are from upstate New York
Email address: slaute@msn.com
Guest: JoAnne Davis,Stafford,Va.
Date-Time: Friday, February 16, 2001 at 20:52:37 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Hiltner,Hildner
Comments: The Hiltner/Hildner family came to Pa. in 1653. They settle in Montgomery Co.,Pa. Have alot of info to share and maybe you can help me fill in the blanks I you. JoAnne
Email address: josephine57@yahoo.com
Guest: Teresa Shade Anderson
Date-Time: Friday, February 16, 2001 at 09:57:52 (CST)
Page visited: PA German naming customs,nicknames
Surnames of interest: Shade, Coffman, Isenberg, Rupert
Comments: I am a decendant of Andreas Shade who owned land in Reading(Berks County)PA, land purchased in the 1750s.
Email address: gardeneranderson@aol.com
Guest: Walter Read Punta Gorda FL
Date-Time: Thursday, February 15, 2001 at 16:29:03 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Read, Bayles, Clark, Jarvis, Lutz.
Comments: Read is my family name. Bayles is my mothers name Clark is my fathers mothers maiden name. Jarvis is related to my Grandmother Bayles whose maiden was Wheeler. Lutz was married to my mothers sister
Email address: wcread@nuy-n-but.net
Guest: Walter Read Punta Gorda FL
Date-Time: Thursday, February 15, 2001 at 15:57:48 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Read, Bayles, Clark, Jarvis, Lutz.
Comments: Read is my family name. Bayles is my mothers name Clark is my fathers mothers maiden name. Jarvis is related to my Grandmother Bayles whose maiden was Wheeler. Lutz was married to my mothers sister
Email address: wcread@nuy-n-but.net
Guest: Carolyn Kenison, Burlingame, CA
Date-Time: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at 16:00:50 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner
Surnames of interest: Fetterman
Comments: Thanks to all your work and wonderful format - I was able to add to my Fetterman line. Loved the maps etc.
Email address: ckeni35062@aol.com
Guest: Juanita Elkins, El Paso, TX
Date-Time: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at 13:23:09 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs - 18th century
Surnames of interest: Groover, Gruber, Gruver
Comments: I just learned about an ancestor named Peter Groover (or whatever the original spelling might have been)who was a German mercenery who fought in the Revolutionary War, and your spelling hints will be a great help; Thank You
Email address: jernitatex@aol.com
Guest: Richard Boggs, Tucson Arizona
Date-Time: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at 06:08:06 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Home Page
Surnames of interest: Boggs, Mohr, Harter, Fleck, Cross, Waltenburg,Phaeflin.
Comments: As you can see I'm Scot surname, but all ladies coming into my family are German. We know how to pick'em. Good website, I have lot's of dependable data on most of the families from 1790's but stuck on GGGr father William Boggs 1794(Philadelphia, Fam.Bible)Thanks, Dick
Email address: deboggsbus@aol.com
Guest: Susan Feener
Date-Time: Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 21:20:20 (CST)
Page visited: German naming customs
Surnames of interest: Researching Fiener, Feiner, Feener who travelled from Germany to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Comments: Trying to get a handle on all the various spellings of Fiener, etc. and the custom of giving several children the same 1st name but different middle names. Your site helps alot. Thank you.
Email address: rr1@hawaii.rr.com
Guest: Randolph Prella, Castleton, NY
Date-Time: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 at 17:38:13 (CST)
Page visited: kercher
Surnames of interest: Prella
Comments: none
Email address: rgprella@juno.com
Guest: Jerri, Washington State
Date-Time: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 16:26:08 (CST)
Page visited: German names
Surnames of interest: Brooker
Comments: Nice work. Thanks, J
Email address: imascribe@msn.com
Guest: Sue Bodishbaugh
Date-Time: Sunday, February 04, 2001 at 14:21:24 (CST)
Page visited: 18th Century PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Bodishbaugh, Baudischbaugh, Badishbach, Kayser, Pofahl, Tesch, Dreher
Comments: Follows a lot of what I have found in my research (all 3 sons named something-Phillip; several children named for children who did not survive) but also added much I did not know and thank you very much.
Email address: flabodish@netzero.net
Guest: Jerry Karriger
Date-Time: Sunday, February 04, 2001 at 05:53:27 (CST)
Page visited: Guest Log
Surnames of interest: Karriger, Kariger
Comments: Charles, Just checked out your 5000+ guest log visitors, including your self tests of the system, and the dog naming entries. Was looking to see if there are fellow researchers on my list of surnames, and to see if any Kariger, or Karriger other than me had checked out your work. I did find Robert M. Loucks, looking for Loucks. That surname is one of my brick walls, so I'll e-mail with him.
Email address: karrigerjerry@hotmail.com
Guest: Dale Laura Fry-Kershner/Bitner-Hettinger Schwoyer
Date-Time: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 at 09:22:27 (CST)
Page visited: PA Dutch Are German Not Dutch
Surnames of interest:
Comments: You are right about fighting the wind. We toured Europe this past fall. Most everyone in 9 countries had knowledge of the Amish (sectarians, but most did not know about the "church" PA Germans. It was fun to enlighten them. May I add a book reference: "The Pennsylvania Dutch" by Frederick Klees. Except for my Newfoundland:Fry heritage, I am PG. I learned a lot about our history from this book. His format is well organized and probably the most factual that I had read to date when I first picked it up. It sent me looking for more info! Haven't stopped reading since.
Email address: rambling_riches@msn.com
Guest: Judy Beatson
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at 11:19:59 (CST)
Page visited: 18th Century PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Actually researching Lunenburg Nova Scotia names, Zinck, Rodenheiser, Ley (Loy) Conrad, Jung (Young),
Comments: Thank you for all your work it will cetainly help me and all the others who are involved in Geneaology.
Email address: jbeatson@sover.net
Guest: Morris Steinheimer
Date-Time: Monday, January 29, 2001 at 10:19:16 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner's guestbook
Surnames of interest: Lautenschlager,Altmannsberger,Engel
Comments: I was browsing in the guestbook section and found it very interesting!
Email address: morristhecat@markrt1.com
Guest: Irene Diehl Konrad, Boca Raton, FL
Date-Time: Friday, January 26, 2001 at 11:06:46 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs, PA Dutch Are German Not Dutch, PA German Nicknames.
Surnames of interest: Buck, Dickert, Ebert, Evans, Haak, Herring, Jacoby, Kile, Maurer, O'Brien, Schaeffer, Schafer, Schaffer, Scherer, Siegfried, Weaver, Zimmerman
Comments: Charles - All of your web sites are so very informative and interesting - and I LOVE the music you've chosen for them...especially "The Chicken Dance"!
Email address: idkonrad@aol.com
Guest: Alberta O'Neil, La Mesa, CA
Date-Time: Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 19:27:49 (CST)
Page visited: This time I am just responding to your email attachment, Naming Customs.
Surnames of interest: Hunsicker, Dinkey, Miller, Dannappel
Comments: Thanks for the email attachment. I had read it but was not smart enough to copy it then, and I had forgotten so much of it. I have received several nice contacts from the posting of my Hunsicker name. I'm sure you have the best maintained web pages available. Your work is very much appreciated.
Email address: brto@gateway.net
Guest: Gerben ten Elzen
Date-Time: Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 18:52:59 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest:
Comments: good work! Thanks for clearing this up! The name Dutch used by non Dutch makes people from my country furious (we don't have anything against Germans) but if Your not Dutch just don't use our symbols and history!
Email address: ge.tenelzen@wxs.nl
Guest: George A. Winch, Elko, Nevada
Date-Time: Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 14:14:37 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: Wunsch/Winsch,Scheible,Knauss,Giering,Rasmus, Protzman,Reinbold,Brinker,Shaffer,Clay,Reitz, Clauss,Stambaugh,Withfield
Comments: I think you have a great web page.This method of naming has been a help to me with my very german family. In my Winch Family::Johann Bernard Wunsch m. Barbara Scheible both from Lomersheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany, they migrated to Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania in 1750. They were of Moravian faith and part of the founders of the town of Emmaus, Pa. Their son Johann Fredrich m. Maria Giering,who had 8 childen, six of whom suvived to adulthood.The Wunsch Family in Lomersheim is traceable to 1670 at present. G.A.Winch
Email address: winchg@aol.com
Guest: ron kolb chicago, il
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 23:25:09 (CST)
Page visited: pa dutch are german not dutch
Surnames of interest: kolb, braun, wolter,
Comments: hi im just getting started and came across this page. very interesting.
Email address: rklandscaping@aol.com
Guest: Thomas Neal Brobst, Whitehall, PA
Date-Time: Monday, January 22, 2001 at 16:09:45 (CST)
Page visited: All of them
Surnames of interest: Brobst/Probst; Bachert
Comments: I've got my line from Bill Brobst to the 1500s in Berne, Switzerland. I am interested more in specific information on ancestors and PA Germans in general.
Email address: tbrobst@yahoo.com
Guest: W. Thomas Boussum, Orwigsburg,, PA
Date-Time: Monday, January 22, 2001 at 12:59:34 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: Bausmann/Bausman/Bousman, Deibler, Honsberger/Hunsberger, Sherry (Please note: Name variations are separated by a slash.
Comments: I have just recently begun researching my family history. My great-great grandfather, John Bausman, was a locktender on the Schuylkill Canal (Lock #12 in Schuylkill Haven). I have his picture posted on my website, given above. At present I am trying to identify his parents and on back from there to my immigrant father. Your website will serve as a very good resource, I am sure. Thank you.
Email address: euler@uplink.net
Guest: Gregory Michael Kerchner, East Moline IL
Date-Time: Monday, January 22, 2001 at 08:34:41 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Kerchner
Comments: Hi, My name is Greg Kerchner and My father immigrated here to Illinois when he was 18 or 19. He came from a small town called Contwig W.G. just outside of a town called Zweibrucken W.G. about ten minutes from the French border. Most of my immidiate family on my fathers side, of course reside in Germany so if there is any way that I could assist in providing any information for your web page I'll do my best to contact my Great-Aunt/Aunt/Cousins/Brother who currently reside in Germany.
Email address: gkerchner@earthlink.com --or-- gkerchner@hotmail.com
Guest: Andrew J Kudera, Galena MD
Date-Time: Sunday, January 21, 2001 at 11:36:30 (CST)
Page visited: none
Surnames of interest: Kudera, Karaman and Soska
Comments: Parents were from Allentown and Hellertown, moved to NJ
Email address: akudera@intercom.net
Guest: Robert Sowers Southport NC 28461
Date-Time: Saturday, January 20, 2001 at 15:52:06 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: George Sauer/Sowers b.(1750) m. Elizabeth ? George d.1834 at age of 84 in Floyd Va. Elizabeth d. 1857 in Floyd Va. at age of 93
Comments: You have a nice Web. I will read more of it in the future.
Email address: rsowers@ec.rr.com
Guest: john kerchner, Hamilton Ontario
Date-Time: Friday, January 19, 2001 at 14:40:31 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest:
Comments: curious about the name
Email address: kerchnerj@home.com
Guest: Cindy Kocher-Homburg Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Date-Time: Thursday, January 18, 2001 at 19:25:09 (CST)
Page visited: PA GERMAN CUSTOMS
Surnames of interest: HOMBURG, KOCHER, PAINTER, STALEY, EURICH, BUTLER, BURDINE, HUTCHMAN, DENNY, ZACHMANN
Comments: VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE INFORMATION. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND A GREAT HELP TO ME IN MY RESEARCH.
Email address: LKHOMBURG@WEBTV.NET
Guest: Fran Ash Grundy Center, Iowa
Date-Time: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 08:40:55 (CST)
Page visited: PA german Naming Customs, PADutch Are German not Dutch
Surnames of interest: Reinhart,Mowery,Blosser,Hufford
Comments: found your site interesting. Also know the name Reinhart could be spelled several different way, but that is the way it is spelled in my family. The family came over in the 1850's. Fran
Email address: grammybelle7@yahoo.com
Guest: Robert Phillips, League City, TX
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 19:03:21 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Seckinger, Rahn, Schearouse, Geiger, Phillips, McCall, Harris, Williams
Comments: Thanks for the good information. This explains some of the things that I have been finding among my Salzburger ancestors who settled in Georgia.
Email address: rvp2303@orbitworld.net
Guest: Rev. Dawne A. Casselle, Esq.
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 16:48:40 (CST)
Page visited: Home page and etc.
Surnames of interest:
Comments: check out the resource that you have available here. Nice work.
Email address: dclaw@acninc.net
Guest: Sandy Donahue, Harpers Ferry, WV
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 09:29:06 (CST)
Page visited: Kerchner Genealogy Home Page
Surnames of interest: Kerchner, Gilbert, Beiteman, Yerger
Comments: Thank you for a great site. Hope to find some cousins.
Email address: shenandoah117@cs.com
Guest: Edward Mosheim
Date-Time: Friday, January 12, 2001 at 08:28:03 (CST)
Page visited: http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm
Surnames of interest: Schwenk, Oppelt, Claus, Sauerland
Comments: The naming customs has provided some indication of potential family connections between Schwenks in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. The time period of 1750-1800 can be a little difficult in terms of family associations, due to movement of individual families, with no idea of where they went. The naming pattern issue is one potential clue to re-connecting family associations. Thanks for posting this information. Ed Mosheim
Email address: Ed_Mosh@netcarrier.com
Guest: Ann E. Kester, Kunkletown, Pa.
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 at 11:09:33 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: first names
Comments: Very helpful- thanks!
Email address: aekester@enter.net
Guest: Dick Moothart, Helena Montana
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 at 10:08:43 (CST)
Page visited: german naming customs amoung others
Surnames of interest: Andrew Muthart/ Muthard/ Moothart
Comments: Andreas Muthart married a Kerchner and moved to Ohio around 1827, latter setteling in the Shelby county area of that state. He help found the Lutharen church at Anna Ohio in the 1860's. I decend from a brother to this Andrew. However I do research on the full line of the Muthart sirname---Dick
Email address: rockinr@qwest.net
Guest: Kathie Hurley,Highland Lakes, NJ
Date-Time: Sunday, January 07, 2001 at 23:47:38 (CST)
Page visited: PA German Naming Customs, PA German Nicknames
Surnames of interest: Forster
Comments: I just would like to say thank you for your informative information.
Email address: kathie@warwick.net
Guest: Wilma and Jay Mack, Coronado, California
Date-Time: Saturday, January 06, 2001 at 11:40:11 (CST)
Page visited: PAGerman Naming Customs
Surnames of interest: MACK
Comments: We have history back to 1599 and 10 generations, with a lot of Johann Macks. I want to find a relative in Laichingen to chat with and find out about the family that was left behind when they migrated in 1752 to NewYork. Laichingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Email address: WMack7@aol.com
Guest: Terry Loudenslager.austin,tx.
Date-Time: Friday, January 05, 2001 at 17:20:52 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Loudenslager
Comments: thank you for the help
Email address: tloudenslager@austin.rr.com
Guest: Dorene Fay Rauch-Wetzel Mackie
Date-Time: Thursday, January 04, 2001 at 20:17:28 (CST)
Page visited: Pa dutch are german not dutch
Surnames of interest: wetzel, Rauch, beitler,romig
Comments: My parents- mother born Seitzalsville, Pa, and father born Shamrock, Pa.
Email address: gasman55@home.com
Guest: William L Huether , Green Cove Springs Fla
Date-Time: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 at 21:33:40 (CST)
Page visited:
Surnames of interest: Huether,George-1830-1877)Mangus,John -1822-1893)Dillon,Hugh
Comments: Your Web pge was helpful THANK YOU WLH
Email address: wildbilfla@aol.com
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