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From: "Janice Sweeney" <>
Subject: Re: Brethren on ships to America
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:13:10 -0700
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I too have started tracking other Brethren families not related to my own on
the ships in hopes of tracing my roots. Is there some way we could post our
info re brethren and other pertinent data and link this to these ships?
Janice
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From: "Cedar & Stone" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Brethren on ships to America


> Oh finally, more researchers interested in the folks that came on the
> "Neptune", the "Brotherhood", the William and Mary", the PA Merchant",
> the "Samuel", the "Phoenix" and get this trend of early Swiss mennonite
> and Brethren examined as far as the travel to Lancaster PA to York Co PA
> where many are in Conestoga, Conewago and Codorus COB churches. Keep me
> post on this matter, I gave up years ago trying to understand who was on
> them and which were Brethren and which went to be United Brethren. I can
> no longer research this idea but am interested in the findings. Tracking
> the family and community similarities combined with the ship they all
> came in on helps when you track the ancestor in the communities of York
> Co PA to the travels of Frederick CO MD.
> Sounds like a project for the List to see the names on the ship and
> the generation names that left MD and PA for OH! regards, Karen
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> > Sorry, no Cook on the Neptune. Here's the list:
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