Lancaster County was one of the first three counties of PA. When it originated it was also a county with many Scots-Irish. So, it's important to keep in mind the time period in which one is searching. Back in the 1700's I think it might have been also considered a Scots-Irish county, or at least parts of it were. This was a surprise to me when I first started looking into my ancestors. I had always thought of Lancaster County as the "heartland" of the "Pennsylvania Dutch." That may be true now, but was maybe not always the case. Sue G. > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:09:47 -0800> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] what counties considered to be Pennsylvania Dutch> > Lancaster is Penna. Dutch. I liver here and see them all the time here.> > You might want to talk to WGAL tv8 www.wgal.com> or Millersville University, Lancaster Co.,PA. They could answer this question.> > Craig> > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song.  Get a customized station.  Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com

The three original counties in Pennsylvania were Bucks, Chester, and Philadelphia Counties (1682). Lancaster County, the fourth county, was created from Chester in 1729. At 04:33 PM 1/8/2007, you wrote: >Lancaster County was one of the first three counties of PA. When it >originated it was also a county with many Scots-Irish. So, it's >important to keep in mind the time period in which one is >searching. Back in the 1700's I think it might have been also >considered a Scots-Irish county, or at least parts of it were. This >was a surprise to me when I first started looking into my >ancestors. I had always thought of Lancaster County as the >"heartland" of the "Pennsylvania Dutch." That may be true now, but >was maybe not always the case. >Sue G.