at least twenty descendants of niklaus yager of the 2nd germanna colony of 1717 live in TX, and i live in DC... we came via TN, OH, IN, LA and our line got to TX in 1920... as for why so few germanna representatives in new england and upper midwest, germannans were always frontiersmen and in the US that has historically meant going west and south rather than north or east, so i would expect very little germanna infiltration north and east of virginia although by now there must, of course, be some... jamie yeager washington dc "When a Texan fancies he'll take his chances, chances will be taken; that's for sure." -- Ray Wiley Hubbard > > Re: States of Germanna (Virginia Nuta) > > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:28:12 -0400 > From: "Virginia Nuta" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] States of Germanna > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Okay, we now have heard from Germanna descendants PRESENTLY living in all > states except: > > 1. Alabama > 2. Alaska > 3. Connecticut > 4. Delaware > 5. Georgia > 6. Hawaii > 7. Idaho > 8. Iowa > 9. Massachusetts > 10. Michigan > 11. Minnesota > 12. New Hampshire > 13. New Mexico > 14. North Dakota > 15. Rhode Island > 16. South Dakota > 17. Texas > 18. Vermont > 19. Wisconsin > > (I took TN off the "absent" list because I know Sgt. George lives there, > even though he hasn't responded!) Anyone else? > > Virginia Nuta