I just stumbled across The Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Included are some digitized issues of the Courrier d'Alsace, a bilingual (French and German) 19th-century newspaper from Alsace. The link below takes you to an issue that includes a letter from Father Pfanner, a priest who led a group of his parishioners from Soppe-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, to settle in Castroville, Texas, in November 1845. Here he gives his report about conditions in Texas. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188927/m1/1/sizes/xl/?q=alsace Robert Behra

Robert, That is fascinating to see and read. Thank you for sharing. Cathy -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Behra Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 5:00 PM To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-L] Courrier d'Alsace I just stumbled across The Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Included are some digitized issues of the Courrier d'Alsace, a bilingual (French and German) 19th-century newspaper from Alsace. The link below takes you to an issue that includes a letter from Father Pfanner, a priest who led a group of his parishioners from Soppe-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, to settle in Castroville, Texas, in November 1845. Here he gives his report about conditions in Texas. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188927/m1/1/sizes/xl/?q=alsace Robert Behra -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message