Research Your Germanna Roots

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1. Gregory Williamson says

   April 18, 2017 at 8:37 am

   Johannes Broyles; father of Hans Jacob Broyles, grandfather of Jacob Broyles, and great grand father of Keziah Broyles Williamson (wife of Rev Thomas Williamson). Thomas Williamson, born in Greeneville, TN/NC in 1770. Thomas and Keziah Broyles Williamson were my 6 X Great Grand Parents.

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   • Janet spychalski says

     August 7, 2017 at 10:38 pm

     Johannes was my 7th great grandfather!

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     • Jimmy Pendleton says

       April 13, 2019 at 8:33 pm

       Benjamin Rector who’s son Ludwell Lee Rector is my fourth great grandfather on my paternal great grandmother’s side of the family. Her name was Celia Rector, her family was owned as slaves by Ludwell Rector. All of this learned through DNA testing and family stories passed down to the elders.

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   • Vickie Goodger Schoppe says

     April 21, 2018 at 9:23 pm

     Thomas and Keziah Broyles Williamson were my 4th great grandparents! I have not been able to find Thomas’ parents names since they were apparently killed in an Indian raid around 1777 in Tennessee.
     Janet….Johannes is also my 7th great grandfather!

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   • Jerry B Ammon says

     June 20, 2018 at 9:36 pm

     Hans Michael and Anna Barbara Klaar were my 9th GGF and GGM

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     • Cindy McNally says

       August 9, 2020 at 5:46 pm

       Mine too!

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   • Andrew Daniel Lucas says

     September 25, 2020 at 10:42 am

     Michael Willheit/Wilhoit/Wilhite and wife Anna Maria Hengsteller are my 6th great grandparents. Anyone trace back to this family or know of any history?

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     • Anita Trotter says

       September 16, 2021 at 9:02 pm

       Yes, my kids father is a descendant though Peter Stout Benton. He married Martha Wilhite, daughter of John and Mary Polly Wilhite from Greene Co. Tennessee area. I am just now researching her family. I am just finding out about this German migration to Virginia.

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2. Megon Marshall says

   May 22, 2017 at 9:24 pm

   Melchior Brombach and Maria Elisabetha Fischbach are my great grandparents ×7 I think.

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3. Pat Kizzia says

   May 23, 2017 at 7:36 pm

   I was looking for any information on my 6th Great=Grandfather Jacob Manspile . I have the Germanna Record #6, but I would love to know more about his life.

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   • Thea says

     March 19, 2019 at 3:49 pm

     Hello Pat – I believe Jacob Manspile could be my 6th great grandfather as well. would love to get in touch with you and compare notes. You can contact me at mickola123@yahoo.com

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4. Jonathan Owen says

   July 7, 2017 at 10:02 pm

   I found this website through ancestry.com…via the Hebron Church. MANY of my ancestors are listed above.

   Wolf Michael Kaifer – 7th great uncle
   Cyriacus Fleischman and wife – 7th great grandparents
   Hans Michael Clore – 7th great uncle
   Jacob Crigler 7th great grandparent
   Phillip Joseph Weaver 6th great grandparent
   Nicholas Yager and wife 7th great grandparents

   and then from 1725 list:
   Andreas Garr 6th greatgrandfather
   Johann Michael Willheit/Anna Maria Hengsteller and related double to me…. 6th great grandparents AND 7th great grandparents

   Pretty cool

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   • surgerynurse says

     October 6, 2017 at 11:53 am

     I am also related to the clores and weavers!

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   • Jeremy Edward Fleshman (Fleischmann) says

     July 9, 2019 at 4:08 pm

     Direct descendent of Cyriacus Fleischman and wife. Jeremy Fleshman,Father William,his father Lorenza,His father Ladrue,his father William George,His Father Simeon,His Father Moses,His Father Robert F,His Father Hans Peter,his father Cyriacus, his father Veltin….

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     • Pennie fleshman-pulver says

       March 5, 2020 at 1:46 pm

       Iam also direct descendant of Cyriacus Fleichmann.. my grand father is Dowel Fleshman wife Matilda Webb and father is Henry Fleshman.

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   • tricia Sluder Cason says

     April 18, 2020 at 3:54 pm

     If you are kin to Cyriacus Fleischman and Anna Barbara Schone you should be kin to Heinrich Schlucter and the Blankenbakers. Also Peter Fleischman and Maria Catherine Fleischman who married a Broyles.

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5. Frances G Rowell says

   July 9, 2017 at 1:41 pm

   As the granddaughter of Jesse Boyd Carpenter, I am related to many of the families who came as part of the first, second and later colonies including Carpenter/Zimmerman, Clore/Klaar, Fishback/Fischbach, Cristler/Christler, Kerker, Weber/Weaver, Otterbach/Utterbach, Fray/Frey, Gaar, Heinbach, Hoffman/Huffman, Haeger, Blankenbaker/Blankenbuhler, Kaifer/Kafer. I am proud of my ancestors who braved coming to America for a better life for themselves and their descendants.

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   • tricia cason says

     June 11, 2018 at 9:55 am

     If you are kin to the Blankenbaker then you are kin to Fleischmanns and Schlucters. They are all half brothers and sisters Mother is Anna Barbara Bankenbaker, Schlucter, Fleischman, wife of Cyriacus Fleishmann.

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     • Debbie Kimbrough says

       April 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm

       I am a great….granddaughter of Anna. I’m wondering if you know if Blankenbaker Lane in Louisville KY is named after the family

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       • Daiyu Hurst says

         May 14, 2019 at 2:23 pm

         Debbie, yes. It was named for Jacob Blankenbaker. See former astronaut Owen Garriott’s web page here:

         http://www.garriott.info/02-jacob-blankenbaker.html

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   • Carla Wist says

     November 29, 2020 at 9:40 am

     I am related to the Otterbach and Merton/Martin families.

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     • Sonya m twitty says

       December 27, 2020 at 11:28 pm

       I am also related to the Otterbach and Merten families

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       • K. Martin says

         July 7, 2021 at 12:04 pm

         I, too, am related to the Merten/Martin and Otterbach families

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6. patricia Sluder cason says

   September 12, 2017 at 7:11 pm

   Direct desc of Cyriacus and Anna Barbara Schone Fleischmann and Henry Schlucter and Sarah Schlucter. Also kin to Blankenbuhler/blankenbaker, Broyles also. Tricia Sluder Cason

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   • Janet spychalski says

     September 28, 2017 at 6:28 pm

     The Broyles are in my direct paternal line. Cyriacus and Anna Barbara Shone- Fleischmann are also my family.

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     • tricia Sluder Cason says

       August 15, 2020 at 7:55 pm

       I am a direct descendant of Heinrich Schlucter and Sarah. We have an extended family with Anna Barbara being married 3 times.

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7. carol j cherich says

   October 19, 2017 at 11:38 pm

   Looking for Karns, Hutsenpillar, Vanosdal family names as they lived in and around Madison in the mid 1700-1800’s,

   Thanks, Carol Cherich – my cell is 301-956-3185

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8. Frances G Rowell says

   October 25, 2017 at 1:43 pm

   I am planning a reunion of the Fishback family at the next Germanna Reunion. It will be help on July 12, 2018 at 3:30 pm at the same time as the Clore family. Details will be sent out next year. If you are descended from the Fischbachs, I hope you will come to the union to meet your many cousins.

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9. Gary Steiner says

   November 1, 2017 at 11:15 pm

   I am a direct descendant of the Richter, Heimbach, Fischbach and Hitt immigrants of the first group.

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   • Dave Kuhl says

     April 1, 2018 at 3:14 pm

     I have a line to Hitt in the 1714 first Germanna Colony

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     • healingsongs says

       May 25, 2020 at 7:29 pm

       I do too! Hitt is my maiden name. I have just started figuring all this out through Ancestry.com. Very wonderful!

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   • Misty says

     May 22, 2018 at 8:56 pm

     Me too.They are my 8th Great-Grandparents. (Richter/Fischbach). This is so exciting discovering my ‘roots’

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   • george lee rector says

     December 3, 2020 at 12:52 pm

     TheRichter ,Rector family is well represented in this area of Tennessee

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   • Jennifer Hilligoss Shaul says

     December 11, 2020 at 9:04 pm

     I am a Hitt descendent. Sarah Hitt, daughter of John, married Elisha Curtis and they migrated to Indiana where I was born.

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10. Katherine hoffman says

    December 31, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    Do you have a George Hesser

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11. Susan Avery says

    February 20, 2018 at 11:22 am

    I know there is only one reference to my Germanna ancestor Wilhelm Kahl (William Call later) and his wife Catherine (who I have discovered to be Anna Catharine Pfau) in the Germanna records – but I sure would like to see him listed as a Germanna settler somewhere on the “lists”. We know he was there and it is just sad to me to tell my Call cousins about Germanna and have them come to the website and learn the history of how and where our ancestor came to America and have his name left out of everything. Any chance he can be included instead of searching (he is there is you really really search for him) for him? Thanks! Susan Balde Avery – I have my tree on Ancestry and I have had my autosomal DNA done on Ancestry, Gedmatch, My Heritage and Family Tree DNA and I have found DNA matched Call cousins and there is now a “group” of us and I tell each new cousin about Germanna!

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12. Donna Cantrell says

    May 5, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    Wow! So many of these are my people!

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    • Miz Vida says

      December 8, 2018 at 7:22 am

      I know! I wish I had known about this branch of the family when I was at Sweet Briar and only knew about the Henrys, Allens, and Gooches!

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13. William Van Horn says

    May 25, 2018 at 7:32 am

    My paternal grandmother’s father (Andrew Herman) was descended from Johann Jost Merten and her mother (Ella Mae Van Meter) from Jacob Holtzclaw.

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    • cathywoodosborn says

      May 2, 2019 at 9:12 pm

      i, too, descend from Johann Jost Merten and Maria Kathrina Otterbach thru their son Henry.

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14. tricia cason says

    June 11, 2018 at 9:49 am

    Cyriacus Fleischmann, Anna Barbara Schone Fleischmann, Heinrich Schlucter and wife Sarah 7th great grandfather, and Cyriacus Fleischmann was my 8th great grandfather.

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15. Teresa Rains says

    June 18, 2018 at 12:05 pm

    Trying to make the connection with my current day Sluder family and the Schlucter here. I think we are the same family.

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16. Matt Hager says

    June 25, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    Guess which is my relative :p

    Amazing to see ancestors like this. God bless technology .

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17. John F. Negley Jr. says

    September 26, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    I’am related to many of the family as well. My 8th Great Grand Parents are Peter Hitt and Elisabeth Outterbech and my 6th Great Grand Father is John Hoffman and my 9th Great Uncle Is Kemper. And we are inner married to the Hartzclaw and Fishbeck family’s too. As for Peter Hitt, I ‘am a direct decent to him and to John Hoffman. Peter’s son John Hitt is my 7th Great Grand Father. It is neat to know that your family came all this way to live here and make a life in the new world.

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    • Diane Hitt Frazier says

      February 8, 2020 at 7:18 pm

      I am just now getting interested in pursuing my genealogy. I saw the monument at Germanna over 40 years ago, as a teenager, and asked an elderly first cousin about it. She confirmed that my father’s side of the family were descended from Peter Heide/Hitt and came over to work for Governor Spotswood in the mines. My father was James Edward Hitt, his father Thomas Edward Hitt. He had a brother, Charles Edward Hitt and one sister. As a child I met one of my father’s cousins; I do not recall his name. I do not yet know my grandfather’s parents’ names, but I plan to research and find out. I know my great grandfather was referred to as Ed Hitt. I do know that my grandfather Thomas married Mary Elisabeth Woodard (I think that’s the middle name) whose mother was a Gooch.

      Do any of these names sound familiar to you?
      There is also visible a signature for a Jacob Heide, next to the one for Peter Heide dated 1707.
      Do you know anything about him?

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    • Jennifer Hilligoss Shaul says

      December 11, 2020 at 9:08 pm

      We are cousins! I am a descendent of Peter and John also! Sarah Hitt married Elisha Curtis. This is my line to the Hitt family.

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18. Anita Newsom Nail says

    October 25, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    My earliest known HOLT ancestor was LARKIN HOLT. We have been unable to discover Larkin’s father, but Y DNA results have verified that we are descended from MICHAEL HOLT. Larkin was born 1784 in NC, died 22 Jan 1855 in Gilmer County, GA. He married Mahala Holt 23 Apr 1805 in Franklin County, GA.

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    • Jill Holt says

      September 10, 2019 at 10:05 am

      I’m decended from Larkin Holt! Hi, cousin!

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19. Debbie Kimbrough says

    October 27, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    My grandmother’s family came over in the 3rd group. Ludwig/Lewis Fisher would have been my great. great……
    grandfather.

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20. Cathy Swindell says

    January 2, 2019 at 5:29 pm

    My husband is a direct descendant of Timothy Swindle from the 1725 group.

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    • Sharron Leonhirth says

      June 1, 2019 at 4:36 pm

      I am descended from Rebecca Crees and Timothy Swindle who married at Hebron (1740) and whose 5th child was Geog Washington Swindle, my 4th great grandfather. Hebron Church is beautiful and within an hour of our home in Richmond Va. Do you know if Timothy was English, descended from the 1620s Va settler or from Germany? Currently researching Lawrence Crees (Greys) father of Rebecca. – Sharron Swindall Leonhirth, The Villages, Fl.

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      • Cathy Swindell says

        June 1, 2019 at 9:06 pm

        Hi, Sharron!

        Danny (my husband) is descended from Timothy born sometime around 1712 in Farnham Parish, Virginia, and died in 1790 in Culpepper Co. (now Madison Co.), Virginia. His father was John Swindle (b. 1676 in Virginia) , and HIS father was Timothy Swindle, b. 1651 and dying in 1683; it\\\’s assumed that he is the first in America. I\\\’m not sure if he was English but it\\\’s likely he wasn\\\’t German. From little bits and pieces I\\\’ve come across, it\\\’s possible he was an indentured servant and maybe even Irish (the Swindle spelling was found there). It looks like he never was a member of Hebron and that\\\’s kind of telling. Your ancestor, George, appears to be a brother to Danny\\\’s ancestor, John. Over time, the spelling in Danny\\\’s family changed to \\\”Swindell\\\”; in the mid-1800\\\’s, one of Danny\\\’s ancestors attempted to change the name back, but the son went back to the \\\”-dell\\\” spelling.

        The Swindles pretty much stayed in Virginia through Timothy but the branch started roaming; John went to Kentucky and helped found Boonesborough and died there in 1839. John was a Revolutionary War veteran. Then his son went to NC, then to Georgia after the death of his first wife. The family continued moving west to Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and finally, Texas where my husband is from.

        I\\\’d love to share information with you…my email is clswin57@gmail.com if you want to stay in touch! I hope to make it up to the area of Virginia the Swindles settled in and see that beautiful church, Hebron. I\\\’m sure pictures don\\\’t do it justice.

        Have a great evening!

        Cathy

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      • Cathy Swindell says

        June 1, 2019 at 9:21 pm

        Hey, Sharron, I posted a nice long reply and don\’t see where it went! My email is clwin57@gmail.com. Let\’s communicate about the shared ancestry! It appears your George is brother to my husband\’s ancestor, John. I don\’t know for sure if Timothy was English but it doesn\’t appear he was German, either. But certainly his wife and her family was; John also married into the Germanna community.

        Cathy

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        • Ann Swindle Schneider says

          June 30, 2020 at 4:34 pm

          Hi Cathy, I must be related to your husband. I just posted a reply to Sharon with
          our information and connection to Timothy Swindle.

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      • Ann Swindle Schneider says

        June 30, 2020 at 4:32 pm

        Hi Sharon, I just became a member and discovered this thread. Our family are also direct descendents of Timothy Swindle and Rebecca Crees (my dad’s 4th gt grandparents) and his son Michael Swindle and Elizabeth Utz (3rd gt grandparents). Michael’s son (John) “Daniel” Swindle (after the death of his wife Nancy “Dicey” Daily) along with his son, William (my dad’s gt grandfather) who later married Harriet Elizabeth Busby, were the first in our family to move from Laurens County, SC to Walker Co, AL in 1800’s. My dad’s grandparents are “Jim” James Wesley Swindle and Lucinda “Jane” Wood and their son Lewis Cephas Swindle and “janie” Mary Jane Reed are the parents of my dad, George Swindle.
        Have you discovered more about Timothy’s heritage prior to moving to Germanna? Our last name is spelled Swindle.
        So nice to meet a cousin! I live in Portland, OR but plan to visit Germanna when we can return to normal from the Covid pandemic.

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        • Cathy Reese says

          March 3, 2021 at 2:45 pm

          I am also a descendant of Michael Swindle & Elizabeth Utz. They are my 6G. I believe that John and Daniel Swindle are two separate people. I am descended from Daniel & Nancy Dicey Daily, then their daughter Nancy who married James F Boatner. Then their daughter Mary Jane Boatner and George W Burns were my 3G. Their daughter Kate Burns married my 2G Robert Haggard Hutchinson. Their daughter Carrie Dew Hutchinson (who died in the Great Flu Epidemic in 1918) and James Young were my Grandmother’s parents. We all ended up eventually in the Nashville area, and now I live in Jonesboro, AR. I had never heard of the Germanna Settlements and am very excited to learn more!! Cathy

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          • Ann Swindle Schneider says

            March 3, 2021 at 10:20 pm

            Hello Cathy! And 3rd cousin! I also just discovered Germanna Settlement and Foundation shortly before Covid.
            Yes, I believe you are right that John and Daniel are 2 distinct and separate sons of Michael Swindle and Elizabeth Utz and I do now have documents that support that. I am also descended from Daniel and Nancy Dicey Daily, who moved from SC to AL about 1820. Their son William, who must be the brother of your ancestor, Nancy Swindle,(and wife Harriet Elizabeth Busby) are my 2nd gt grandparents and their son James Wesley Swindle and Lucinda “Jane” Wood are my 1st gt grandparents. Their son Lewis Cephas Swindle and Mary Jane Reed are my grandparent and their son George Swindle and Hazel Harris are my parents. This Swindle family lived in Northern AL from about 1820 and many still do today. My parents left when I was a toddler and I grew up in Montana. I’ve lived in Oregon for many years now and my siblings live in AZ and CA.
            When we can all travel safely, I am looking forward to traveling to Germanna and exploring the area.
            Do you have a public family tree I can view? I have one on Ancestry.com under the name AKSchneider. It is so nice to make a connection with you!
            Ann Swindle Schneider

          • Ann Swindle Schneider says

            March 4, 2021 at 10:45 pm

            Hi Cathy, I sent you a reply and I don’t see it now.

          • Ann Swindle Schneider says

            March 4, 2021 at 10:47 pm

            I would love to share information but am finding this cumbersome bc my reply wasn’t posted. Could you email me at annekschneider@aol.com?
            Thank you!!
            Ann

      • Ann Swindle Schneider says

        March 3, 2021 at 9:52 pm

        Hello Sharon, I also descend from Timothy Swindle and Rebecca Crees and their son Michael and his wife Elizabeth Utz, my 4th gt grandparents. Michael & Elizabeth moved to SC and their son Daniel & wife Nancy Dicey Daily, my 3rd gt grandparents, moved with their children to Alabama about 1820. I am a descendent of their son William Swindle and (Harriet) Elizabeth Busby.
        It is so nice to connect with you, a cousin. I only discovered Germanna Foundation shortly before Covid hit but I am so looking forward to visiting Germanna and exploring the area. My family left the south when I was a toddler and I grew up in Montana and I have lived in Oregon for many years. We have visited the Richmond, Charlottesville area previously and have friends in the area, but had no idea my ancestors had lived nearby so we are looking forward to attending the conference and exploring & going on the Germany trip when we can all safely travel again.
        Ann Swindle Schneider

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21. Park Way says

    January 18, 2019 at 5:44 pm

    I am a descendant of Thomas Wieland (Wayland) and his wife Maria Barbara Seppach of the 1725 group. Our family moved first to Ohio and then north central Missouri. I appreciate the Germanna org. Henry Parker Wayland Jr.

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22. Frances Rowell says

    January 24, 2019 at 12:43 pm

    I am planning a reunion of the various Germanna families who attend the Reunion on July 18, 2019. It will be held at the Best Western Hotel in Culpeper, VA and will take place from 5pm to 7pm. I hope you will join us and get a chance to meet your coursn

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    • cathywoodosborn says

      May 2, 2019 at 9:15 pm

      Please post details. I have checked box to be notified of new comments via email. Thank you!

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      • Brenda says

        October 14, 2020 at 8:43 pm

        I would love to be included soon, I am descending from Koch, CLore, Gar, Blankenships, so so many, its amazing, thats just one paternal side of the family

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23. Chuck Crisler says

    February 3, 2019 at 4:35 pm

    Yea Crisler!
    Virginia to Kentucky to Missouri and then Louisiana and the world.
    My Great was Robert Stanton Crisler, a blacksmith at Hebron, Kentucky
    My Grampa was Otto Smith Crisler, a Kentucky state veterinarian, and later at the University of Missouri. Due to the anti-German hysteria, he always referred to himself as O.S. or “Doctor.”
    Dad was Robert Morris Crisler, 88th Infantry in Italy, geographer, professor, and collector of postage stamps and license plates.

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    • Sue Scheiwe says

      September 13, 2019 at 10:22 am

      I’d love to share information with you…my email is scheiwegp@gmail.com
      My 4th great grandparents are Jane Stanton & George Hume of Madison VA . Their son George married Susanna Crigler whose family founded Hebron Church. Susanna Hume and descendants up to and including my parents are buried in Richmond KY.

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24. Carolyn Whaley Vosburg says

    April 28, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    Just found this list yesterday and I’ve spotted three couples to add to my tree: 1717 arrival included Bathazar Blakenbaker and wife Anna Margaretha, and Johann George Utz and wife Anna Barbara Majer; the 1725 arrival included Thomas Wieland/Wayland and wife Maria Barbara Seppach. NOW, I’m wondering if Hans George Majer with wife Anna Barbara are the parents of my Anna Barbara Majer! Interesting, yes?

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25. Jessica Busby says

    September 2, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    I am a direct ancestor (granddaughter) 10th generation of Johannes Hoffman. I don’t like in Virginia but would love any information or contact with anyone who also has him in their family tree. I’ll include my email:
    jesselm@outlook.com

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26. Sue Scheiwe says

    September 13, 2019 at 10:06 am

    Jacob Crigler was my 5th Great Grandfather. AM searching record of his death as well as for birth, baptism, marriage, death record of his son Christopher (Christoff) and granddaughter Susanna or Susan who married George Hume. Also searching for revolutionary War service of Christopher Crigler including whether Christopher and Jacob signed patriotic declarations.

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27. Kathy D. French says

    February 23, 2020 at 7:44 am

    Johannes Kemper/Camper was my 7th generation grandfather/great-grandfather. My maternal grandfather, John Camper, was named after him and his grandson John Camper. He was born in Northeast Alabama. Johannes’ line was Harmon Kemper, John Camper (name spelling changes here), Simon Camper, Benjamin Camper (who moved from Tennessee to NE Alabama, Blooming Camper to John Camper. There are 19 descendants still living now from Johannes to John Camper in Alabama.

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    • Jamie Kemper says

      March 23, 2020 at 4:46 pm

      Johannes Kemper is my 6GGF directly through my paternal Kemper line. His son Tillman was my 5GGF. .here is the rest of the line..
      Tilmans son
      Charles Weaver Kemper
      Jasper Kemper
      William Kemper
      Byron Kemper
      James Kemper
      If you have anymore information about this line please share. We all live in Kentucky and surrounding areas.

      Thank you,
      Jamie Kemper
      kemperhealer@gmail.com

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      • Erica Lee Kemper says

        September 17, 2021 at 9:24 pm

        Johannes Kemper is my 8GGF. The line as I’m aware is:

        John Kemper
        Peter Kemper
        Moses Kemper
        Peter Kemper
        Elias Kemper
        Otto Kemper
        Edgar Kemper
        Marvin Kemper
        Terry Kemper

        I’d like help clearing up the line. My immediate family are the only Kemper’s I’m aware of that live in Florida. We came from Illinois, where our branch of Kemper’s lived for some time.

        Thanks,

        Erica Kemper
        Ericalkemper@gmail.com

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28. Debbie Hadler says

    March 1, 2020 at 11:31 am

    I’m looking for ancestor Baron Ludwig Von Fischer came from Bavaria Germany with son Johnnus Christopher Fischer to Germana Virginia. Baron Ludwig died in 1777 in Madison County Virginia

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    • Debbie Hadler says

      March 1, 2020 at 5:10 pm

      There seems to be some conflicting stories on the German heir to the land. Baron Ludwig Von Fischer was sent to America because of killing a deer on Royal property next to his family property? I have my Great Great Great Grandmothers papers she had carried in her wallet for all her years about her ancestor. My cousin and I would like more information if you have any in the records in Germana. We are planing a trip to Germany to go find out exactly where this land was that he inherited. Or the story behind it.

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      • Debbie Hadler says

        March 1, 2020 at 5:54 pm

        Also, I just watched the video on Germanna. Very interesting! Are there only two Colonies? The names listed after the first two I didn’t have time to look for my ancestors names. Not sure if they were even listed. This is our starting point back to Germany and would love to know if we should make a trip to Virginia if there is more information we can find before we go to Germany. Thank you for any help we can get on this.

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        • Debbie Kimbrough says

          March 2, 2020 at 3:58 pm

          I have been to Virginia and found information there about my grandmother’s family who were early settlers there. We are descendants of Ludwig Fisher. He would be my great…..great grandfather.

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29. Debbie Kimbrough says

    March 1, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    Yes they are related

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30. Debbie Kimbrough says

    March 2, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    I have a newspaper account about the estate of Ludwig Fisher. The heirs met in at a Louisville, Ky hotel of Feb 6, 1890 to discuss what they knew about a fortune that belonged to each of them from his estate. More than 150 family relations attended the meeting and elected officers (Mattie Fisher as secretary) and agreed to formulate a plan of action to investigate and pursue the so called $61 million estate that was supposed to be available in Germany. The family relations were asked to subscribe in a membership donation to obtain monies for the upcoming search of the fortune. The elected committee and the attending heirs approved and appointed Judge David R. Murry of Cloverport, Ky., to travel to Germany at the heirs expense and in person to make all necessary investigations of the possibility of rescuing the Ludwig Fisher estate. During the following months, Judge Murry made an expensive extended trip to Germany and upon his return, he made his report of his finding during the Sept 10, 1890 meeting of the Fisher heirs executive committee. He told of his trip to Germany where he visited Bremin, Berlin, Hamburg, and other places and stated he employed a competent and reliable agent to engage in the investigation of the Fisher fortune. Judge Murry reported the “Fisher estate” in Germany was indeed not a myth and he verily believed the estate worth as much as $61 million did exist and the descendants of Ludwig Fisher were indeed the heirs. The disappointing fact of his report came when he stated with certainty that the German government would not permit the recovery of the vast Fisher fortune. He stated even though all the records concerning this estate were over 100 years old and the information he was able to gather justified the belief that the estate was as valuable as had been stated. Afterwards interest dwindled.

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31. Debbie Hadler says

    March 4, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    Thank you so much! We shall come make a visit to Germanna soon.

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32. Amy Hansen says

    April 22, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    I am a descendant of Jost Cuntze and his wife Anna Catherina Reinschmidt (my 8th Great Grandparents). I live not too far from the Germanna Visitor Center and did not know about my 8th great grandparents until a couple years ago thanks to Ancestry.com. I will need to come and visit the center since it is just down the road.

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33. Joan E Allison says

    June 10, 2020 at 12:16 pm

    My mother was a Hitt. She is from a line that settled early on in central Mississippi. I have that line well-traced back to Peter Hitt at Germanna if anyone needs it.

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34. Joni Jundt says

    September 13, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    From my research, I see that Christopher Barlur/Parlur/ Barlow and wife Barbara are my 7x G-Grandparents. On FamilySearch someone changed the last name to Zollinger. I don’t see any source documents showing that Christopher Barlur/Parlur/ Barlow was ever known as Zollinger. Christopher Zollinger/Sullinger/Suellinger died in Pennsylvania. There are Probate records for a Christopher Zollinger in Pennsylvania, NOT Virginia. If I see anything connecting the two, I’ll change my records to reflect that. I’ve heard the German name of Barbara, is Pavera.

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35. Brenda J Whiteman says

    October 14, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    I can’t even believe this right now, I found all my paternal greats here and haven’t even started on maternal.

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36. Sharon Blackwell says

    January 15, 2021 at 8:33 am

    I learned this week that my biological great grandmother was a descendant of Johannes Carpenter/Zimmerman. I am very excited to learn more about my newly found family.

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37. Thomas Cook says

    May 13, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    Some time ago I began tracing the Cook family paternal line. Using Ancestry.com and adding what I knew from my grandparents, last year I found my great grandfather Andrew Lora Cook’s grave in an unincorporated area south of Lebanon, Indiana. I thought I’d struck gold going that far back. I checked back recently and discovered my ancestry goes through the Germanna colony. And I thought we were of English descent. Fascinating! I’ve now traced my lineage back 9 generations to Germanna settler Johann Michael Koch (Cook) and still a further generation beyond to Mikel Michael Koch, a decendant from Hollenbach, Wûrttemberg, Germany. Thank you to the staff and volunteers at Germanna!

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38. Bonnie Mikel says

    April 10, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    My 8th grandfather was Johannes Michael,,,i believe they settled in rowan north carolina….My family tree on ancestry and family search and wiki tree shows my distant grandmother as Mary polly Back and her Bach lineage was Wilhelm Bach all the way up to Veit Bach…..but when i reseached storys and bach trees i dont see where my Michael family connects tp Bach through Mary polly Back Michael….she was married to John Michael

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