I have to admit. My kids think Hurricane Arthur chased us from the east coast early so that's why we went and made a family history stop instead. Honestly, it was already planned. Arthur just accelerated things.
The stop at Hagerstown, Maryland brought us to the German Reform Church (now the Zion United Church of Christ) that has operated since 1770. It's the building where my fourth great grandparents were married in 1796. David Reitenaeuer and Anna Catherine Fiscus had at least one daughter, Susanna, also baptized there.
Some day my kids will appreciate setting foot where their ancestors did 218 years after the fact.
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