Alamance County was originally part of Orange County, the county immediately to the east. Alamance County was officially proclaimed a county in April of 1849. The boundary to the north finds Caswell County, south is Chatham Co unty, and west is Guilford County. Few facts in Alamance history are more disputed than the origin of the name "Alamance". Although some sources claim that Alamance was named by early German immigrants who came here from the "Alemanni" region of the Rhineland, others claim that the Indians called the Alamance Creek by the Indian word "Amonsi" or "Alamons," which meant "noisy river" or by another word which meant "blue clay". An interesting article about German immigrants in North Carolina can be found here: _http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro.h tm_ (http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro.htm) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

What a wonderful website. Thank you so much for sending it. I have only explored one small part of it, but was so happy to read the letters from the Out of Print Book Section in Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern, and the Copies of Various Letters from North Carolina. These letters were written at the same time my husband's 6th great grandfather was living there. His name was Jacob Wismer (Wismoore, Wismore &. Vismore).He was in New Bern by 1711 and probably arrived in 1710. Dottie Pickett -----Original Message----- From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RLMLFM@aol.com Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:25 PM To: NCORANGE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Germans of Orange & Alamance Alamance County was originally part of Orange County, the county immediately to the east. Alamance County was officially proclaimed a county in April of 1849. The boundary to the north finds Caswell County, south is Chatham Co unty, and west is Guilford County. Few facts in Alamance history are more disputed than the origin of the name "Alamance". Although some sources claim that Alamance was named by early German immigrants who came here from the "Alemanni" region of the Rhineland, others claim that the Indians called the Alamance Creek by the Indian word "Amonsi" or "Alamons," which meant "noisy river" or by another word which meant "blue clay". An interesting article about German immigrants in North Carolina can be found here: _http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro .h tm_ (http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro .htm) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know why we can no longer access the webpage listed at the bottom of this original message? I explored it the day that I received this e-mail but have not been able to open the site since that date. Does any one have any suggestions? Dottie Pickett ************************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RLMLFM@aol.com Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:25 PM To: NCORANGE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Germans of Orange & Alamance Alamance County was originally part of Orange County, the county immediately to the east. Alamance County was officially proclaimed a county in April of 1849. The boundary to the north finds Caswell County, south is Chatham Co unty, and west is Guilford County. Few facts in Alamance history are more disputed than the origin of the name "Alamance". Although some sources claim that Alamance was named by early German immigrants who came here from the "Alemanni" region of the Rhineland, others claim that the Indians called the Alamance Creek by the Indian word "Amonsi" or "Alamons," which meant "noisy river" or by another word which meant "blue clay". An interesting article about German immigrants in North Carolina can be found here: _http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro .h tm_ (http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/lutheran/intro .htm) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message