Hello all, Doyle Chambers, a member of our list our first year, will be leaving in a couple of days. Everything is ok with Doyle, but he has alot of work to do until after the New Year. Once he gets caught up again, he will re-join us. This is an excerpt from Doyle's letter, where he has yet another theory for the term "Black Dutch". Earl ==================================== Doyle wrote : <snip> As a different point, Re: Black Dutch. I'm sure, like you, there are several backgrounds to this use of the name. However, my great grandmother, Caroline Cagle, was always referred to as " Black Dutch". Her explanation was that her family came from the low countries, and were lowland Germans from the area between Germany and the Netherlands. They were said to speak a different dialect from the Highland Germans.     Wishing you and your wife the best of everything during the holiday season, see you next year.     Best Wishes, Doyle Homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~doylech