Genealogy Is . . .
On his naturalization papers which he signed in October of 1800, he stated that he had been a citizen of France . On later census records, his descendants stated that France was the birthplace of their father. Even as a child, long before I located the naturalization and census records, I was told that my ancestor emigrated from France. This information was obtained from the Lutheran Church records. The family by trade were brewers and brewing related professions.