This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4173 Message Board Post: Hello, I have a number of Dutch ancestors, and some that "spoke Dutch" as I'm told, but they were from "Osterwald, Hannover, Germany" and "Binnenborg, Germany". Were there Dutch Germans, or "ethnic Dutch" in Germany? My family settled in the Grand Rapids area, and in Missaukee county, so I thought I'd ask here and see if anybody was familiar with this. Thanks!