Lancaster County Family Ties

I certainly do not mind sharing any of this information with others, or I would never have posted this blog publically.  Maybe it will save someone a few steps and frustration.  However, after spending the afternoon looking at several trees on Ancestry, I again (as in my Welcome post) ask that people state that they got the information or photos or documents from me.  Here are my reasons: 1. If there is a mistake on the labeling or I am incorrect on my "facts", I want someone to contact me and let me know there is a mistake.   I am not interested in passing along incorrect information. I saw a couple pictures that were labeled incorrectly that I have since updated on this blog - but the old incorrect photos were still posted as facts. 2. I want to trade information if at all possible.  I have alot of gaps in my documents and I would love to get in touch with other people and family members who may be able to help. I have a list of family mysteries I am trying to solve and

My sister and I were at a small family gathering last week in Lancaster, PA.  Two of my father's sisters are still alive and were there, and they were talking about how the boys (brothers?) would put nails in their pockets so it sounded like they had change in their pockets (hence, they were not poor). My sister commented later that maybe that was why our father would stand and rattle the change in his pockets as an adult. My cousin Keith as a child spent alot of time with Grandma Jennie Applebach because his mom was working.  He remembered my father and Uncle Paul going out one night after dark.  The next morning, a local man showed up at the door and told my grandmother that she owed him 50 cents for the watermelons that Paul and James stole from him during the night. I only remember James as my father, but I know his own family remembers him as a child and young person.  It was good to listen to the stories and see him from a different perspective. After walking around the