Hi Ellie Thanks for you reply. I just wonder what attracted families to Freeport....other Alsatians? work? etc... Sue Ellen Halverson wrote: > The Aurand(t) family orginated in Alsace, moved to Holland then into Germany > and in 1753 came to PA, and 1843 to Stephenson Co. (by then most of the > family had dropped the 't' from the orginal spelling). > Ellie > > Susan Schlosser wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number > > of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in > > general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else > > might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather > > went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport. > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/