Cary, I was with you and took a photo of you with your new-found Walk cousin on that first trip. We shopped in his store and enjoyed the little village so much. You were so lucky to be able to return. I think you gave me one of the papers you refer to. I,too, have lost an ancestor or two from the settlers list when the Hebron group was removed. What is the problem I wonder? I guess if they weren't on those first two boats they no longer count. At least I have about 8 left but hated to lose Samuel Stigler and John Snyder. Suzee On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Cary Anderson <drcary@cox.net> wrote: > Virginia, > > Long ago, I put together from various sources the marriages of the > grandchildren of both men and there was quite a bit of such. By the time of > the great-grandchildren one couldn't tell if it was a Weber or a Hoffmann. > [I tend to exaggerate, but as I age and add more new lines, I just didn't > have time to finish that project.] Really lost interest as the focus > didn't > seem to include those families over of the other side of the highway. A > number of late comers. I even see the Hebron group is now longer listed in > the list of Germanna 2 colony settlers. There went my Walk connection to > Germanna! That was how I became interested in the first place. > > I did so enjoy the visits to Flinsbach where Walks still live today. Had > two opportunities and it was great. See a cow barn with milk cows in the > middle of the village even today is striking. > > Cary > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzee Oberg" <suzeeoberg@gmail.com> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Hoffman and Weber > I,too, have lost an ancestor or two from the settlers list when the Hebron > group was removed. What is the problem I wonder? I guess if they weren't > on > those first two boats they no longer count. At least I have about 8 left > but hated to lose Samuel Stigler and John Snyder. ********************************* When the lists were re-written for the Germanna website it was decided to set an arbitrary cut-off date for those arriving as 1725 to keep things manageable for those of us working on the lists of settlers. Notice that most commenting are concerned with only their own ancestors, "Why isn't my ___ family listed any more???" It's just impossible for me to track every single family that ever lived in the area. Some of my own families were lost (Hirsch/Deer, Rasor) in that decision as well but, as I said, keeping it manageable was necessary. If someone would like to volunteer to take on that project and present a COMPLETE list of later arriving families (not just your own ancestors but ALL of them), from whence they came, etc., please contact me. I am sure the Germanna Foundation would be delighted to have someone do this work. Cathi