Have been working genealogy for maybe 30 years. All the Leshers, of various spellings, originated in that Alsace-Lorraine area of France, sometimes of Germany, also called the Palatines for its little sub-duchies. We apparently had a pretty big presence in that small area of Europe. Who were we? At 02:15 AM 9/21/2006, you wrote: > >In a message dated 9/20/2006 1:13:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >Jacob Lesher that was a brother to your John Lesher? > > >Nick, I have to apologize, but my Lesher file was trashed a few months ago >and I haven't gotten around to working on it. It was the first file >I worked >on with outside help and it went click,click finished and I learned very >little. > >So, since then I've been working on my mother's side (Willing) without help >and it's full of challenges and rewards too. So my Lesher file is hurting. > >My Jakob Loescher (umlaut over the "o") lived in the Alsace area of France. >I'm not sure he ever made it to America. His son was my John Lesher. > >Very best, Roy > >------------------------------- >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 Robert G Lesher 200 Ryan's Lane Clayton NC 27520-5553 Home - 919-553-0801 Fax - 919-553-0212 [email protected]