Wyoming for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Wheat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] How many sovereign governments have Germanna'speoplelived under? when I last checked, we had Germanna Foundation members in 47 states, Canada, Australia, and Germany --- On Thu, 7/22/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] How many sovereign governments have Germanna's > peoplelived under? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 4:06 PM > > and how many states and countries are represented TODAY > from Germanna -- I can claim Mississippi. Take care. > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Wheat <[email protected]> > To: germanna_colonies <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 12:58 pm > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] How many sovereign governments have > Germanna's peoplelived under? > > > Cary - thanks - I was unaware of northwest Georgia > seceding. And very good > point about Western States under the Spanish or Mexican > governments. > > We have Rector descendants born and raised in Australia, > and we had two > attendees of the reunion from Sakatoon, Saskatchewan. > > > On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:56 AM, "Cary Anderson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Marc, > > You did not ask "How many other governments and > constitutions..." so yes you > are missing The United States of America. Then of > course Virginia or some > other states considered themselves sovereign identities at > one time or > another. While in Texas before their War of > Independence, those living > there were under the governance of the Republic of Mexico > and the same for > those in what is now California, Utah, Nevada, Arizonian, > New Mexico, parts > of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. > > Then there is the Indian Nation that was "independent" of > the USA. Some got > to Hawaii prior to the take over there; others there. > Some got out into > French held lands probably. > > Then, perhaps the northwest part of Georgia that seceded > from Georgia in the > Civil War and formed their own govt. might be considered. > > They should be very much at home as things were shifting as > far as govt. is > concerned, just like back at home. > > I'm sure others will be speaking up on others that I've > forgotten. I never > tried to make a list of these before; nor, do I have very > good knowledge of > just where all Germanna people had scattered, but that did > happen rather > quickly for quite a few. > > I sure there are several others I am missing. > > Glad you brought up a "new" subject. > > Cary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Wheat" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:00 AM > Subject: [GERMANNA] How many sovereign governments have > Germanna's > peoplelived under? > > > > On September 18, the Germanna Foundation will be holding an > event to > celebrate the U.S. Constitution with assistance from the > Center for the > Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier. > > See our calendar entry at http://www.germanna.org/node/387 > > I would like to relate to the attendees how many > governments and > constitutions Germanna people have lived under since > emigrating from > German-speaking lands: British Empire, Articles of > Confederation, West > Florida Republic, Republic of Texas, the California > Republic, the > Confederates States of America. > > Am I missing any? > > Can anyone name for me the Germanna descendants who lived > in the West > Florida Republic (I have the three Kemper brothers), > Republic of Texas, or > the California Republic? > > > > > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to > your on-line > data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to > your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > > > > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to > your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > > > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to > your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message