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I love your website. I am just beginning mine and this makes me rethink everything. The stauffers also lived in annville in the 1800’s. I have made at least 2 trips there in search of information. Please contact me so that we can talk more. Thanks Terri Stauffer-Schmidt

My reply: I don’t know what we’d have to talk about. I post all of my research online. However, if you have a specific question, I could try to address it.

Your website has been very helpful. I have made two trips to St. John’s Church. Actually, just returned from there today to take my father to see where his grandparents and great-grandparents are buried. His great grandfather, Peter F. Kuntz is buried there. It appears the Kuntz’ had been in the area for awhile but cannot find much information on them. I believe that Peter’s father was a John Henry Kuntz, Jr. (Koons). Any information you may have would be greatly appreciated. I am also considering visiting the Lebanon Historical Society. Thanks in advance for any info you may have.

My reply: I traced Peter Kuntz’s family back to his grandfather, John Kuntz (b.1808). I added them to the genealogy database, so you can look there to see what I found. Several of the Kuntz family, including John and his wife, are buried at the Hanoverdale Cemetery in Dauphin County.

Where is exactly the old Hill Church and where are their records from the mid 1700’s kept. Thanks

My reply: Hill Lutheran Church is located north of Cleona near the boundary of North Annville Twp and North Lebanon Twp. The easiest way to find it is to use a mapping site like Google Maps and just enter Cleona, then follow North Mill Street (next to Cleona Square shopping center). The winding road leads up the hill directly to the church. I don’t know any online site that has transcribed all of the Church’s records. Many of the cemetery records are available online at Find-a-Grave. A history of the church was published in 1983 and is available for purchase from the Lebanon County Historical Society. The marriage and baptismal records of John Casper Stoever have been transcribed and published on many online sites that you can find simply by entering his full name in your favorite search engine.

What a great site! A distant PINKERTON relative is listed and I have a clarification for the John DEININGER, married to Isabella PINKERTON file. Isabella’s mother, Susan (nee Shadow) PINKERTON (wife of Joseph PINKERTON) married Emanuel RIFFERT. You had noted a confusion reading the name on Census Records. It is Riffert with an R. Thanks again for this great site.

My reply: Thanks for the clarification. I will update my note.

I am having problems finding somewhere/someone to do a little research for me in Annville. I am told that an Ezekiel J. Boring was christened on 23 May 1825 (age 7) Annville, Lebanon, PA. I assume this comes from a church record but need to find someone in the area to find that source for me and see if it identifies his parents. Any Help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

TJ Shumaker

My reply: I will assume you got your christening date from here on RootsWeb.com, or someplace similar, which mentions Hill Lutheran Church, near Annville in Lebanon County, PA. First of all, Annville is about 50 miles from Landisburg in Perry County, at least a 2 day journey in 1825. The pastor at Hill Church during this time was William G. Ernst. However, I haven’t been able to find any reference online for those baptismal records. As for his paternal ancestry, you should see the Boring Family National Database, which includes your Ezekiel J. Boring. Since they do not have his mother’s maiden name, it’s likely that they got the information from the baptismal record you seek anyway.