Sure, why not? Here is the address of that other Website: <http://palam.org> I think my MARTIN forebears may have been Palantines...they were certainly German Protestant (Dunkers) and stopped in Ireland for a couple of generations...I know that my GIEGER ancestors were Salzburgers or at least were Swiss-Germanic and came from just across the Rhine from Austria in the Canton of St Galen; they ultimately settled with the Salzburgers in Ebenezer, GA >From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:08:41 -0400 > >Gerald, >You angel! Can I forward this to Bladen and Duplin counties, NC Lists? >Dee >For details on sources used, refer to this link: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >----- Original Message ----- >From: Gerald Gieger <giegerg@hotmail.com> >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:30 PM >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background > > >Salzburgers were from the Salzburg Province of the Holy Roman Empire, that >is now Austria Check the History on the Georgia Salzburger Society website >- <http://www.crosswinds.net/~djmabry/salzburger> > >Palatines to America is another Society with similar roots in the Holy >Roman >Empire... I don't have the address, but you can find them with a search >engine like Infoseek. > > > >From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background > >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 11:47:05 -0400 > > >Ginny, > >It is my understanding that the Salzburgers (and the Palatines), were >from > >an area of what we now know as Germany. > >Dee > > > >For details on sources used, refer to this link: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: gigi <highdesert@oasisol.com> > >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:11 AM > >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background > > > > > >deae@lcc.net > > > > > > > >> In another calculation "Of the settlers sent to Georgia on charity > >during > > > the first ten years, 45.4% were Foreign Protestants". The following > >figures > > > will not add up, but will give you a rough idea of the composition. > >Those > > > sent on charity: 319 are described as Palatine Trust Servants, 47 as > > > Salzburgers, 142 as Swiss, 34 as Germans, 13 as German Trust Servants, > >29 > >as > > > Moravians, 33 as Scots, and 2 as Italians. "No Jews were included in > >this > > > list, but 92 of the settlers in the list of those who paid their own > >passage > > > are identified as Jews." > >Could you please explain just a little about the ' Salzburgers'? I am > >related on my father's side. Thanks > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com