Linda, Thank you so very much for your references. You make it easier for all to investigate. I've been looking for some of this for (years ?). We appreciate. Edna L. Chubb - Binghamton,, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda croft" <bclinda@earthlink.net> To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Deckers from Alsace Lorraine to Lewis Co. Ny area > Alsace-Lorraine Research List - ALSRL > http://feefhs.org/de/als/alsrl.html > > The Alsace - Lorraine Research > http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Area/Research.htm > > The Seven Families > Who Sailed On The Princes Augusta In 1736 > http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/location.htm > > German Genealogy: ELSASS / ALSACE / ALSATIA > http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ELS-LOT/alsace.html > > German Genealogy: LOTHRINGEN / LORRAINE > http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ELS-LOT/lorraine.html > > Mailing Lists - See under France > http://www.rootsweb.com/~medwgw/mailinglists.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marvin Decker <mdecker1@sbcglobal.net> > To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Deckers from Alsace Lorraine to Lewis Co. Ny area > > > > Does anyone know of any websites that can be used to research family > members > > coming from the Alsace/Lorraine. The wars in that area led to a large > > number of immigrants to this country, for example, French folks who did > not > > want to be German when the Germans took over, and vice versa. > > > > Marvin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "linda croft" <bclinda@earthlink.net> > > To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:49 AM > > Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Deckers from Alsace Lorraine to Lewis Co. Ny area > > > > > > > Alsace and Lorraine are regions of northeast France. > > > As border regions, Alsace and Lorraine have been fought over for > centuries > > > by France and Germany, their beleaguered past recalled by many a > military > > > stronghold and cemetery. > > > Today the region presents a more peaceful landscape of pastel-painted > > > villages, fortified towns and sleepy vineyards. > > > At the northeast frontier of France, bordered by the Rhine, Alsace forms > a > > > fertile watershed between the mountains of the Vosges and the Black > Forest > > > of Germany. > > > > > > Lorraine, with its gently rolling landscape on the other side of the > > > mountains, is the poorer cousin but appears more overtly French in > > > character. > > > Caught in the wars between France and Germany, Alsace and Lorraine have > > > changed nationality four times since 1871. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: EJ000 <EJ000@webtv.net> > > > To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:08 AM > > > Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Deckers from Alsace Lorraine to Lewis Co. Ny > area > > > > > > > > > > Where would Alsace Lorraine be? I am also researching Decker no one > > > > seems to actually know what the first name is but they think it is > > > > Peter,which limits me in my research He had a daughter named.MaryJane > > > > who married a Leclair,so you see my problem as far as any info goes. > > > > Jessi LaPan > > > > > > > > E & J > > > > > > > > > > > >