Let's not forget that the Austrians, Hapsburgs, Swiss-Germans, Hanovers, Prussians, etc. were all considered to be German...the British called everyone Deutsch, if they were not British, including the Hollanders (Neiderlanders); they were all cousins, by some marriage alliance anyway...and the move was on by the Bishops to rid the Holy Roman Empire of non-Catholics, so that is why many European Protestants emigrated...The Bishops were very often of Royal blood in addition to their Clerical positions, so they treated the Provinces like fiefdoms, as their own personal estates...look at the Salzburgers as examples... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Those German GEIGERS again ...... >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:10:29 EDT > >In a message dated 4/23/01 9:48:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > > > Sorry, I'm late catching up with my e-mail. > > > > O.K., I stand corrected! <g> But seriously .... is it my imagination >that > > most, if not all, of the GEIGER locations in Germany, etc., seem to be >in > > the southern part - not too far from SWT? I'm referring to those >GEIGERS > > who emigrated to Amer. from these locations. Just an idle thought. > > >Anne- > >I think there were GEIGERs of various spellings in all parts of Germany, >Alsace, Switzerland, etc. I do think that most of the 18th Century GEIGER >emigrants came from Switzerland, Alsace, or Southwestern Germany simply >because that is where the vast majority of Germanic emigrants were coming >from at that time. Most of them were Protestant (mine were the exception). > >In later years you started to see the GEIGERS (and others) from other areas >emigrate to America. Many of those were Catholic and many settled in more >urban areas than the earlier settlers. > >Joan > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: >[email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] >(digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the >subject and the body of the message. > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com