Church Registers:BERGSTRASSE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in Ephrata Pa. Lancaster County

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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BERGSTRASSE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA
1752-1977
BY
HENRY SNYDER GEHMAN
FROM CHAPTER 7
NAMES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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IT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO KNOW THE NAMES OF THE FAMILIES WHOSE NAMES APPEAR IN 
THE RECORDS UP TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEEENTH CENTURY. THE FOLLOWING ONES 
OCCUR FREQUENTLY:

ADAM, BREN(N)EISEN, (BRENNYSEN, BRENEISE), BIZER (BITZER), BECK (BEK),
FASS(E)NACHT (FASTNACHT, FASNACHT, FASENACHT), MULLER (MILLER), OBERLE 
(OBERLIN, OBERLY), SCHWEICKHARTH (SCHWEIKARD,SCHWEICHERT, SCHWEIKERT, 
SCHWEIKERT, SCHWEIGART, SCHWEIGERT, SWEIGART, SWEIGARD), TREISCH, WEISS.

OTHERS MAY ALSO BE NOTED:

ACKER, ALTZ, ANDRE(S), ARNDT, AUEN, BAUER, BRAUN, BENZ, BAUTER,
BE(C)KER, CLEES, DORR, DESER, DAK, DEIBLER, DILLER, DICKS, DIESSINGER.
DRA(U)BINGER, DUCK, ENGLE, EISEMANN, ENSMINGER, FAHS, FOLENBACHER,
FORTENBACH, FESSLER, FREY, FINCKBEINDER, FLETTER(LE), FRANK,
FRANCKLY, GERMAN(N), GOLDEN, GULDEN, GOTZ, GEIST, GEHR, HAHN, HOLZINGER 
(HOLSINGER, HOLTZINGER, HOLZSINGER), HAUER, HERTER (HERDER, HORTHER), HAUCH, 
HAUCK, HIN(C)KEL(S), HEPPENHEIM(ER), HIRSCH, HUSNER (HIESNER), IHLY, JUNT (JUND, 
JONT, YUNDT), KAUTZMANN, KELLER, KIEFER, KIESECKER, KIL(L)IAN, KINZER, KLEIN, KOLB 
(KOLPP), KREBS, KRIEG, KRUG, KUFABER, LEMMERMANN, LIPERT, LEHMANN, LUZ (LUTZ), 
LESSLE, LESSER, MASSNER, MAYER, MEYER, MEDER, METZGER, MEIXEL ( MEYXEL), NEHR, 
NESS, NORTTON, OHRIG, PFEIFFER, PFLANTZ, PILGRIM, PRESER, RAMBERGER, REIN, 
REINNIGER, RENNALS, RENOLDS, RESER, REITENBACH (RAUDENBACH, REIDENBACH), 
RES(S)LER, RODEL, ROLAND, ROHMIG, SCHNEIDER, SCHMIDT, SCHULTZ, SCHER(C)K (SHERK), 
SCHREK, STEINMETZ, SCHWARZWELDER (SCHWATZWELTER), SCHEID, SPRECHER, STOLL, 
SCHNEE, STOBER, SEIGER, SEITZ, REITERBACH, TIESSINGER, TRAUTWEIN, TRAUWINGER, 
TRAVINGER, TUGMANN, TREFINGER, VOLTZ (FOLTZ), VOLTS, VORTENBACH(ER) 
(FORTENBACH), WALD, WERNS, WOLF(F), WOLF(F)KIEL, WAGNER, WALCH, WOHLGEFART, 
WOHLFART(H),
WILLENBRUCH (WILLENBROOK), WICKLEIN, WIELAND, WALK, WALTERS, WOLFKIND, WIDDER, 
WUST, WEIDMANN (WEITMAN), ZELLMANN, ZUK.