G2G: Category for Goshenhoppen catholic mission?

Question

Hi, do you think a category for Goshenhoppen Catholic Mission should go here, or as a different category/page? I'm finding that these Catholic Palatine parishioners are associated with a number of varying townships, including some in today's Northampton County. Therefore it is distinct from Berks County overall, and not necessarily the same people as Bally, Pennsylvania of today. Would a new category or Goshenhoppen Catholic Misson be appropriate? 

Answer 1

The migration category assigned to that page is not correctly named and is in migration maintenance.

I don't think the page needs further categorization right now, and that Bally would suffice. We could create the historical category for Goshenhoppen, later named Churchville in the Colony. Are there profiles besides this space page?

Comments

The ancestor in my family tree that goes back furthest is Els-273. A number of his descendants and family members were farmers residing in nearby townships and counties - but were baptized and married in Goshenhoppen. But were not eventually buried there at Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery in Bally. The historic Catholic church is a somewhat distinct community, being one of the oldest Catholic churches in Pennsylvania.

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@Natalie: Ironically, 6 years ago when I categorized that Palatine Immigration to Pennsylvania page, the existing category I used was "German Immigrants to Pennsylvania", which did not identify the immigrants' origin with any political jurisdiction. The so-called Palatines had a German background (i.e., they spoke the German language or dialects thereof), but they were not all from the Holy Roman Empire -- for example, some of them were from Switzerland. I would much prefer a return to that old categorization that did not require us to identify political jurisdictions of origin (which for many of these people are unknown).

Answer 2

L: The page you cited is not a category, but rather is a free-space page that consists of text copied from an 1876 book. The book text is about early immigration, and not so much about history of events that occurred later. It does mention Goshenhoppen and a mission there, but it was a Reformed church and a Reformed mission that apparently was started years before the Goshenhoppen Catholic mission.

I am not familiar with Goshenhoppen or the Goshenhoppen Catholic mission, but from what I have gleaned from the Internet it appears that it would be a worthwhile topic for a new free-space page, completely separate from the page that you linked to here. An informative page about the Goshenhoppen Catholic mission might make it easier for the rest of us WikiTreers to help determine how the topic should be categorized. It does appear that it was bigger than the modern-day borough of Bally, Pennsylvania.

The settlement of Goshenhoppen (including its Reformed, Mennonite, and Catholic churches and settlers) might fit nicely within the scope of the Palatine Settlements category.