I always 'heard' the Germans moved into the OHIO Valley because it reminded them of 'home'. The Ohio Valley and the 'Beautiful Blue Ohio' river especially between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati looked similar to the river valleys in Germany. It was just natural to move on down the river. Margaret Espenschied Ullman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 March, 2000 11:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [INPOSEY] This is for NEVA Subj: [INPOSEY] Germans Date: 3/3/2000 10:14:47 PM EST From: [email protected] (Neva Elaine Muehlenbein) Reply-to: [email protected] (Neva Elaine Muehlenbein) To: [email protected] Does anyone know why so many Germans settled in Posey and Vanderburgh Counties? Did they know each other before they came to the U.S.? Neva Probably because of similarities to Germany's Ruhr valley. Cookie, in Florida ==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html ============================== Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: http://pml.rootsweb.com/