Kathleen, Was the name of your immigrant "Hamler?" The Germanna Colonies that are the subject of this list are the two colonies brought to Virginia by the Lt. Gov. Spotswood in 1714 and 1717, and some other families that joined them shortly thereafter in Virginia, so those settling in other places would not be included. But we would be interested nevertheless in your ancestor because our 2nd Colony Weaver and Clore families also came from Gemmingen, which is not a big place, in the same year, 1717. Virginia Nuta ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 5:29 PM Subject: [GERMANNA] Question about Early Germans in U.S. NOT from the South > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: k_purchase > Surnames: Hamler/Homler/Hambler/Hombler/Homlar/Hammelor > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.germannacolonies/604/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am confused about the "Germanna Colonies." My ancestry is from > Gemmingen, Germany, coming in 1717, to New York, when within the year they > moved to Somerset Co., New Jersey. My father, Grandfather and > G-Grandfather were all born in New Jersey. I am confused as to whether I > belong in Rootsweb's "Germanna Colonies" since I saw a description of the > website as being rooted in Virginia- ? Our religious background is > Lutheran. > > Thanks for any help. > > Kathleen HAMLER Purchase > [email protected] > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > 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 > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5459 (20100918) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >