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