I can't even begin to say how very thankful the Germanna Foundation is for the donation by Mr. Flender. In fact, we've been trying to connect with his descendants for quite some time to invite them to the Reunion. His interest in his family, and what became of them in America, is one reason that we're here today as an organization. Of course, there would be no organization without the efforts of Drs. Huffman and Wayland, too. BC Holtzclaw may not have been able to speak, read or write German, but Germanna Record #5 has very few errors, especially in regards to those German records. This was said to me by Herr Gerhard Moisel, the present Church Archivist for the state of Siegen. He uses this book everyday in his own personal research as well as research for others. He is a descendant of the Busch family, as are the Holtzclaws. I, along with several other travelers, were lucky enough to research with Herr Moisel in 2004. Imagine our surprise when we entered the research room and there, at his place, was Germanna Record #5! He told us that if we are a descendant of the First Colony that we are to read that book before asking him any question, and he was serious! He told us that there are very few errors in the book and that when BC notes the church records, or guild records, etc., that they are there and they are accurate. And, yes, his first publication was written in 1936 and thank goodness he wrote Germanna Record #5, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1715-1750, in 1964 with corrections to his earlier publications. Thank goodness, too, for the interest that was sparked in 1927 from Musen, Germany in letters to President Coolidge. I think the founders would be proud of the organization today and they would be completely blown away by this List and all of the descendants here, wouldn't they? Barb Price In a message dated 7/26/2008 10:30:55 Pacific Daylight Time, holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com writes: Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw, by his own admission, did not speak, read, or write German with any degree of fluency. He stated in some personal correspondence that his spoken German was so poor that he could not be understood and that he could not read the old German script at all. His research in Germany was actually done by Mr. Emil Flender, brother of Mr. Ernst Flender-two people who have apparently been forgotten for their contributions. Mr. Ernst Flender's generosity is the reason that the Germanna Foundation owns the land that they have today. Suzanne Collins Matson ----- Original Message ---- From: "RockCatt@aol.com" <RockCatt@aol.com> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com; MsEagle246@aol.com; snay2@verizon.net Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:42:12 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Hans Henrich Hofmann/Nay I know that you want an alternate source to Holtzclaw, but I don't think that a lot has been written about the children of Henry Huffman, especially the daughters. Who is your Nay ancestor and when was he born? It looks like Holtzclaw thinks that Mary Huffman was born between 1739 and 1742. Her parents were born in 1712 and 1713. Holtzclaw was very diligent about his research and he looked at the church records at Bockseifen for Henry and at Seelbach for his wife, Anna Margarethe Huettenhen. I would like to know more about the Little Fork group and the people that lived there, many of them related to the First Colony. Barb Price In a message dated 7/25/2008 10:47:22 Pacific Daylight Time, snay2@verizon.net writes: Does anyone know anything (other than Holtzclaw) about Mary the daughter of Hans Heinrick Hofmann (Huffman)of Little Fork? My Nay ancestor was married to a woman named Mary. ------------------------------- 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 **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)