Genealogical Research in Progress

Genealogical Research in Progress History and genealogy of the family of Johan Jacob Eichholtz, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737, and settled in Lancaster County. Descendants traced to nearly every state. Mrs. Francisco J. Rodriguez, 301 E. Jefferson St., Media, Pa. 19063, has been at work on this family for 10 years, and hopes to be ready for publication before the end of this year. Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh, C. G., Sea Street, Rockport, Maine 04856. expects to publish this year, Rohrbach Genealogy, Vol. II, dealing with the descendants of Hans Georg Rohrbach (Rorabaugh) , who came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1732, settled in Berks County. He is also at work on a Hofelbauer (fleffelbower) genealogy, the immigrants Philipp Jacob and Georg Balthasar Hofelbauer came to Pennsylvania in 1748, where they settled, as well as Maryland and Virginia. Publication of this is expected in the late 1970s. In the early 1980s he hopes to have completed a Koser Genealogy, Johann Georg Koser, born in Germany in 1708, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1749, settled in Greenwich Twsp., Berks Co., Pa. A study of the Jenkins of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, has been undertaken by Mrs. G. Arthur Gordon, 6149 Erdrick St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19135. William Jenkins, born 1648 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, died, 1712 in Abington, Pa. The book will contain a description of conditions in Wales, ca. 1685, and the settlement of the family in Pennsylvania. THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA was established in 1892 for the purposes of promoting genealogical research, the collection, preservation or transcription of registers of births, marriages and deaths kept by religious societies or individuals, and of all kinds of official records affording genealogical information. Incorporated in 1920 as a non-profit organization, membership in the Society is open to all interested persons and institutions: all such are invited to submit their names for election. The annual dues are $20.00, husband and wife $25.00, annual contributing $30.00, husband and wife annual contributing $35,00, life membership $400.00, benefactor $500.00. Every member receives a copy of each issue of The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, published semi-annually, notices of regular meetings and workshops, and is entitled to consult the Collections of the Society housed in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia 19107. The Society welcomes and solicits for its Collections family histories, Bible records, transcripts of church and cemetery records, and of county or town archival records. As a non-profit organization, donations of such material, financial contributions to be invested for income, and testamentary bequests are considered deductible for purposes of Federal income tax returns. The Society needs your help in maintaining and enlarging its collections, in services and membership. 248