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1. Information from Sara Shutt Ashbaugh (b. 1908)
2. Information compiled by uncle of Timothy Paul Leaman & sent to us 14 Aug 1998.
3. "Interview with members of Gary Gerard family," April 11, 1998, in Frederick, Maryland.
4. Letter from Mrs. Ruth Frew (nee Ashbaugh) of Apollo, Pa, dated 21 May 1983.
5. Pleasant View (Hillville) Cemetery, W. Leechburg, Pa., visit by W. Ruesink in June 1977.
6. "Morgan Ashbaugh Bible," in possession of Anne Ashbaugh Kamrin in Sept 2005.
7. Letter from Gussie & Gertie dated 12/12/79.
8. Angeline Sober research materials
9. R. Alexander Ashbaugh Bible (photocopy), location of original unknown.
10. "1920 U.S. census."
11. The Klingensmiths of Pennsylvania (1993) by Marlin A. Field
12. Paul Miller Ruff, 1996, First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, Penna.; Parish Records Part I: 1819 - 1876, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
13. Visit to cemetery by W. Ruesink (b. 1943)
14. "1880 U.S. Census," FamilySearch, LDS Church, &/or Ancestry.Com.
15. Benjamin Bender's Bible, in possesion of Lucinda Ruesink (nee Ashbaugh).
16. John N. Boucher & John W. Jordan. 1906. History of Westmoreland County. Vol. 2 & 3.
17. Death certificate on file.
18. Ashbaugh Research Guide (1963) by Louis Duermyer, supplemented by data in a letter from Paul R. Getts dated 13 April 1977.
19. "1900 U.S. census."
20. "Various records at Ancestry.Com," http://search.ancestry.com/, viewed Sept 2004 & later.
21. "1910 U.S. census."
22. "1930 US census."
23. "Copy of original marriage certificate."
24. "Interview w/Anne Ashbaugh Kamrin," 2004 & later.
25. Letters from Evelyn Rencher of San Antonio, TX, in 1976 and 1977.
26. Copy of hand written notes from Ed Shutt, son of Jesse. Compiled from family bibles and other sources available to his family.
27. U.S. Census, Westmoreland Co, Pa, 1860, Microfilm #020677 in LDS library, 30 Dec 1975 (see notes in my Book #1).
28. "Brush Creek Lutheran Church Marriages, 1820-1865," Microfilm from LDS library, Notes in my Book #1, dated 25 Nov 1975.
29. Anne Leggett McDonald, "Ancestors of Anne Leggett," http://awt.ancestry.com/, viewed June 2004.
30. Information provided by Anne Kamrin, 1999.
31. Social Security Death Index as found on the internet.
32. "GenCircles Global Tree," http://www.gencircles.com/, Viewed 2001.
33. "Information from Martha (Hart) Ashbaugh," 30 April 1978, See W.G. Ruesink genealogy field notes.
34. "Interview with Ken, Frank & Janet Ashbaugh," 25 March 1999, by W. Ruesink, at Frederick, Maryland.
35. Data compiled by Judith Longley, 7721 Plainview, Detroit, MI, and sent to us in 1996.
36. Newspaper obituary clipping, found in B.F. Bender bible.
37. John Jacob Zundel Family Book (1973) by Glen F. Harding, M.D. [privately published]
38. Marlin A. Field, 1990, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania, Dogwood Printing, Ozark, Missouri.
39. "1870 U.S. census."
40. CD-ROM at Urbana (IL) Free Library: Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4.13. Copyright August 1993 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These data submitted by Harry L. Jones, 7841 Ladore, Commerce City, CO 80022.
41. Paul Miller Ruff, 1998, The German Church Records of Western Pennsylvania: 1813 - 1820, Vol. 4, 2nd. edition, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
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43. Hyde Park [Centennial History] 1898 - 1998, 80 pp.
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46. "Ancestry World Tree," http://www.ancestry.com/, Viewed August 2001 and later.
47. Grinder Cemetery, Hyde Park, Pa, June 1977.
48. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 631.
49. Letter from Ruth Householder of Apollo, Pa, April 23, 1982.
50. Caroline E. FitzPierce, "Email re Sanderson genealogy," 10 Nov 1998, filed with Sanderson material.
51. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago.
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53. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 842.
54. Paul Miller Ruff, 1993, St. John's Reformed Church (Harrolds), Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, Penna.; Parish Records Part II: 1820 - 1872, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
55. "1910 US Census (Miracode index on CD)," by Ancestry.com.
56. LDS Family Search web site, 1999 and later, http://www.familysearch.org/.
57. "1860 U.S. census."
58. "J.H. Eschbach Descendants," July 2001, CD compiled by Rev. John Ashbaugh.
59. Letters of Feb & Mar 1983 from Harry A. Ashbaugh of Leechburg
60. http://users.starpower.net/wrhoyt/6thPACompanyH.htm, viewed Aug 2002.
61. "Reformed & Lutheran Congregations of Westmoreland & Armstrong..," Microfilm #387935 from LDS library, Notes in my Book #1 dated 25 Nov 1975.
62. Brian W. Ashbaugh, "Note posted on the Ashbaugh Family Guestbook," http://ashbaugh.zionweb.org/, Viewed August 2001.
63. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p.570.
64. McKee, James A., 1909, History of Butler Co., p. 554.
65. R.C. Brown & Co, Publishers, 1895, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, p. 1049.
66. History of Butler County, Waterman, Watkins & Co., p. 406, 1883.
67. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 699-700.
68. "Sober Family gedcom," received Nov 2001, from Lloyd Sober of Topeka, Kansas.
69. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 357.
70. Paul Miller Ruff, 1994, The German Church Records of Western Pennsylvania: 1772 - 1791, Vol. 1, 4th edition, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
71. LDS archive record submitted ca. 1958 by Sylvia Louisa Gooden, Fresno, Calif
72. Joseph Shuster (Alexandria, VA), "GenServ database shun7fa," http://www.genserv.com, 4 June 1999.
73. CD-ROM at Urbana (IL) Free Library: Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4.13. Copyright August 1993 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
74. Letter from Rozella Loew, Tamaqua PA 21 Apr 1976.
75. Vince Gerheim, "Ancestry World Tree Project," http://awt.ancestry.com/, viewed June 2004.
76. Paul Miller Ruff, 1998, The German Church Records of Western Pennsylvania: 1792 - 1804, Vol. 2, 4th edition, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
77. John N. Boucher & John W. Jordan. 1906. History of Westmoreland County. Vol. 2 & 3. Vol. 3, p. 658.
78. Actual cemetery records as reported in 1976 by Bob & Mary Closson, professional genealogists, Apollo, Pa.
79. Albert's "History of Westmoreland County" (1882).
80. http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/~kem/Htmlgen/ctnrod.htm
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81. Smith, Paul M., 1980, "Ancestor File," Vol. 2: S172, Pal-Am Library, Columbus, Ohio, April 1998.
82. Sherril Dysart, "Query dated May 4, 1998," http://genforum.genealogy.com/garvey/messages/11.html, viewed March 1999.
83. Report by Dr. Reid W. Stewart on Morrison Cemetery tombstone inscriptions in the publication Old Westmoreland 1 (3): 25-26 [1981]
84. Old newspaper report reprinted in the publication Old Westmoreland 1 (4): 25-26 [1981]
85. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 359.
86. The Klingensmiths of Pennsylvania (1993) by Marlin A. Field p. 331.
87. Paul Miller Ruff, 1993, Early German Reformed Churches: Northern Westmoreland County & Southern Armstrong County, 1822-1859, Pastoral Records of William E. Weinel, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
88. Boston Evening Transcript geneal. column 15 Sept 1932 and/or p. 109-117 in Genealogical and Biographical History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
89. Metzgar, Thomas J. and James B. Whisker, 1988, Gunsmiths of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, 2nd edition, Old Bedford Village Press, Bedford, Pa.
90. Kramer, Joan Marie, 1983, "Ancestor File Vol. 4: K195-21," Pal-Am Library, Columbus, Ohio, Viewed April 1998.
91. Burgert, Annette Kunselman, Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers, AKB Publications, Myerstown, Penna.
92. "Interview with Sally Ashbaugh," 27 March, 1999, by W. Ruesink, at Frederick, Maryland.
93. Burkett, Brigitte, 1997, Nineteenth Century Emigrants from Baden-Württemberg, Vol. 1: the Enzkreis, Picton Press, Camden, Maine.
94. William Arter Zundel, 1922, History of Old Zion Evangelical Lutherran Church, 266 pp.
95. Nov 1997, Kay Fox, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
96. Letter dated 25 Jan 1980 from Ruth Fleming citing various sources.
97. Ruff, Paul Miller, 2001, Old Harrold Cemetery, Lutheran and Reformed, Privately published, Greensburg, Penna.
98. Book "The Altman Family" by Joseph M. Kellogg
99. Encyclopedia of Biography. Vol 63, p. 75-76.
100. Larissa Souzer, "Descendants of Hans Wilhelm Altmann, compiled 29 Jan 1999," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7133/ALTMAN.TXT, viewed March 1999.
101. John M. Richardson, "Re: Grinder query," 1 Dec 1997, Hard copy in files.
102. Palatines to America web site list of immigrant ancestors, found at http://genealogy.org/~palam/
103. Larissa Souzer, "Descendants of Jacob Isemann, compiled 7 July 1998," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7133/ISEMANN.TXT, viewed March 1999.
104. Jan Bunten, "Genealogy Home Page," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/9347/, viewed March 1999.
105. Altman, Say, Cribbs and Fair Genealogies. 1946.
106. Nov 1997, Kay Fox, Mt. Pleasant, Pa, Letter in file.
107. Query posted by Vernon Cook on 20 Mar 1997 at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pajeffer/westmoreland/sura.html etc.
108. Information compiled by Sally (Painter) Prior dated Nov 1998; copy in our file.
109. Records as compiled by Dean Bender of ... Iowa and sent to us in 1997.
110. Handwritten "Bender Family History" in Mennonite Archives, Kalona, Iowa.
111. Data compiled by David Edward Stitt, grandson of Walter Stitt and Ada Ruth Crickenberger, and present at http://www.ziplink.net/~destitt/WilStitt.html in November 1997.
112. "Descendants of William Stitt, Sr.," http://www.citlink.net/citlink/s/shadgraf/team1.htm, Viewed August 2001.
113. "Letter from Martha Sober Ashbaugh," written February 1974, original in our files.
114. History of Armstrong County, 1914, Beers & Co., Chicago.
115. Eric John Beatty, "GenForum: Beatty's of Allegany [sic] Co., PA," http://genforum.genealogy.com/beatty/messages/, viewed Oct 2001 & later.
116. [?John N. Boucher &] -- Jordan. 1906. History of Westmoreland County. Vol. 2, p. 490.
117. Mary May, "May Genealogical Database," http://www.iwaynet.net/~May_D/genweb/May/May.html, viewed April 1999.
118. Debra J. Harris, "Deb's Den: Ashbaugh," http://home.mmcable.com/debsden/, Viewed August 2001.
119. Susan K. McMahan of Alliance Ohio, as appears on Pal-Am web site.
120. Kristine Hurd, http://mcmanigle.pa-roots.com/, viewed August 2001.
121. Linda Zikewich, "Query on Huntingdon County GenWeb site," http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin/, viewed August 2001.
122. Debra J. Harris website 11 Mar 1996. http://ion1.ionet.net/~dharris/harris.html#H-l
123. Wayne R. Barnes, "Waynes Barnes Family Genealogy," http://www.tdl.com/~valway/fam00504.htm, Nov 1998.
124. Carolyn Cell Choppin, "History of the Celle Family, Project 2001: Huntingdon County, PA," http://thefamilycelle.homestead.com/, Viewed August 2001.
125. Letters and enclosures from Melba White of Polo, Illinois, 1983.
126. Various authors, "Ashbaugh found in Pennsylvania>Westmoreland message board," http://boards.ancestry.com/, Viewed August 2001.
127. "My Wintrode Ancestry," http://community-2.webtv.net/oslushmom/MyWINTRODEAncestry/, Viewed August 2001.
128. "J.H. Eschbach Descendants," CD prepared July 2001, by. Rev. John Ashbaugh, Philadelphia.
129. Greg Rees, "Ancestry World Tree Project: Rees Fischel," http://awt.ancestry.com/, viewed June 2004.
130. Query from Linda Mockenhaupt (ronm@westol.com) found on Adams Co, Pa, GenWeb page Nov 1997.
131. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 944.
132. Lorna Roberts, "Email message forwarded by Tim Dowling," 2003.
133. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p.944.
134. "Data provided by Robert R. Ashbaugh (b. 1943)," 5 Aug 2001, at Ashbaugh reunion nr. Vandergrift.
135. "E. Lucille Lukehart obit," Leechburg newspaper?, undated, original in Angeline Sober material.
136. Slaker, Kenneth Hawk, 1990, Early German Hawk Famlies of Westmoreland County, Pa., Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore.
137. "1880 U.S. Census," Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania.
138. Conrad, William D., "??," http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/n/William-D-Conrad/ODT3-0185.html, Viewed July 2001.
139. Robert Nicholas (Nick) Ashbaugh, "Descendants of Andrew Eschbach (in PA)," http://www.genforum.com/ashbaugh/messages/170.html, Viewed Aug 2001; posted 15 Feb 2000.
140. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 400-403.
141. Erik R. Jensen (Castro Valley, CA), "Genserv database jenq8ea," http://www.genserv.com, 6 June 1999.
142. T.J. Shumaker (Vowinckel, PA), "GenServ database shup7ba," http://www.genserv.com, 3 June 1999.
143. Sandra --, "Query posted on Ashbaugh forum March 26, 2000," http://genforum.genealogy.com/, Viewed August 2001.
144. Letter from Paul M. Ruff of Aliquippa, Pa, dated 5 Sep 1981.
145. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 638.
146. Sherril Dysart, "Query posted April 22, 1998," http://pa-roots.com/westmoreland/query/query015.html, viewed March 1999.
147. Roth-Skiles, Nikki, Descendants of Hans Heinrich Bender, October 1996, [cited at http://soli.inav.net/~moreta/genealogy/.
148. Manning, Barbara, 1992, Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church 1830-1839, Heritage Books, Inc., p. 181.
149. Sarah Swisher, "Bender, Wenner, Seybert, Seesholtz, Kitchen, Sands Families," http://community-2.webtv.net/sarahswisher/SarahsFamilyTree/, viewed Nov 2001.
150. Web page (Nov 1997) by -- at == (Rummel family)
151. Lorna Roberts, "Grinder Family--RootsWeb Message Board," http://boards.ancestry.com/, Posted 1 Apr 2001.
152. Mary Kay Wible Fox, "Email message," 15 May 2002.
153. "Boring Family Database," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2952/boring/, viewed March 1999.
154. Jack D. Beaty, Sr., "Cemetery Archives of The Beatty 2000 Project," http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/cemetery/, viewed Aug 2004 & later.
155. Armstrong County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 1914, J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, p. 252.
156. Whisker, James B., 1990, Arms Makers of Pennsylvania, Asociated University Presses.
157. Joe Hoover, www.ziplink.net/~joelinda/.., 12 Dec 1997.
158. Newspaper obituary, collected by Martha Sober Ashbaugh.
159. "Data provided by Glenn T. Ashbaugh (b. 1925)," at Ashbaugh Reunion nr. Vandergrift, 5 Aug 2001.
160. "One World Tree at Ancestry.Com," http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/, viewed @005 & later.
161. "Obituary of Robert Kirby," The Frederick Post, Frederick, Maryland, 19 Mar 1993.
162. John N. Boucher & John W. Jordan. 1906. History of Westmoreland County. Vol. 2 & 3. Vol. 3, p. 104.
163. "Church Record of the Old Goschenhoppen Reformed Church," Upper Salford Twp., Montgomery Co., printed records at the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
164. Jane Adams Clark, ca 1960?, "Lichtel family pedigree chart," Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa., viewed March 1999.
165. Leap, Betty J. (nee Ashbaugh), "Email message to Cindy Ruesink," sent 8/20/2000.
166. Emmet Bratt (Canton, OH), "Genserv database brag6ea," http://www.genserv.com, 3 June 1999.
167. Jeff Henry, "Data on his family sent as email attachment," 3 Dec 2004.
168. Data provided by William Russell Ashbaugh (b. 1944), 5 Aug 2001, at Ashbaugh reunion nr. Vandergrift.
169. Lois McClurg Walker, "Note posted on the Ashbaugh Family Guestbook," http://ashbaugh.zionweb.org/, Viewed August 2001.
170. "Descendants of Christopher Lambing," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8556/lambing/, Viewed August 2001.
171. Adams County (PA) GenWeb, "Adams County, PA Newspaper Extracts 1803 - 1834," http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/, viewed August 2001.
172. Edwin Eschbach, 2000, Eschbach-Eshbach-Eshbaugh-Aeschbacher (suppl. 2001), privately published (printed by Masthof Press,Morgantown, PA), 268 pp.
173. History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1, 2, & 3.
174. "Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page," http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/index.html, viewed May 2005.
175. "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (at Ancestry.Com)," http://search.ancestry.com/, viewed Sept 2005 & later.
176. "Ohio Deaths, 1958 - 2000, at Ancestry.Com," http://search.ancestry.com/, viewed Sept 2005 & later.
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