Hello Helen ! Herebelow my translation : Quote He emigrated to the US, with his brother and other people coming from Plaine and its surroundings, on board the "Phoenix" sailing from Rotterdam. He lands in the US on September 15, 1749. Unquote "Plaine" is a village in the valley of the river Bruche in the Vosges mountains, in the departement Bas-Rhin (in Alsace, east of France). It was part of the departement Vosges (Lorraine) before 1870 (the Prussian-French war). That valley is a French speaking area down to Urmatt from where Alsatian is spoken. My line MARCHAL comes from that area. Best regards. Jean-Paul Marchal <jemarchal@wanadoo.fr> -----Message d'origine----- De : alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com]De la part de Helen Sanders Envoyé : mercredi 25 juin 2008 20:17 À : alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Objet : [A-L] Will smeone do a short translation, please? Hello friends, I found the following on a GeneaNet website. Will someone please translate it for me? " Il a migré vers les USA avec son frère et d'autres issus de Plaine et ses environs par le "Phoenix" partant de Rotterdam. Il arrive aux USA le 15.09.1749. " I know it has to do with emigration but some of the meaning is lost to me (a non speaker of French). Thanks very much for any help. Helen Sanders Researching GRANDADAM & MARCHAL in Bas Rhin, Alsace, France _________________________________________________________________ Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=introsrchc ashback -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte.