Gracias, I knew that already, but thanks for the general enlightenment. Anglicising of words sure messed up a lot of research, eh? Barbara -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Linda S. Matthews" <genrsch@verizon.net> > Pennsylvania Dutch "volk" are German, not Dutch! This term probably > comes from the German language word for German: "Deutsch." English > speaking people probably anglicized it to sound like "Dutch." > > > > > paclearf-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Clouner (themillergroup2@comcast.net) > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:03:07 +0000 > >From: themillergroup2@comcast.net > >Subject: [PACLEARF] Clouner > >To: paclearf@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: > > > <041620072003.13695.4623D67B0001E7B60000357F2216554886CD9F9A019D099D0A040407030A > 089B@comcast.net> > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >Alan, > >My father's people were called named "Clouner" or "Clowner". I suspect the name > might originally have been "Glauner", but have no real proof, other than when > pronounced to census tajers, it sounded like Clowner. The farthest back I can > get with this name is in the 1830 census, Earl Township, Lancaster County~~Jacob > Clouner/Clowner. They were apparently german, but called themselves Pennsylvania > Dutch. Any information would be helpful. Thanks a bunch! > >Barbara > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- > >From: "Alan Buckingham" > > > > > > > >>Barbara, > >> > >>Were any of your Dutch ancestors in Lancaster Co.? We are only about an > >>hour from there and take days trips into that area fairly regularly so I'd > >>be happy to look for any landmarks that would be of interest and snap a pic > >>for you. > >> > >>Alan > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 4 > >>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:20:58 +0000 > >>From: themillergroup2@comcast.net > >>Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] PA Book > >>To: paclearf@rootsweb.com > >>Message-ID: > >> > >><041320071520.8698.461F9FDA00032A7A000021FA2215567074CD9F9A019D099D0A0404070 > >>30A089B@comcast.net> > >> > >>Content-Type: text/plain > >> > >>Thank you for your priceless contributions to all of us on the net!!!!! > >>Barbara Clouner Miller > >>Pennsyvania Dutch ancestors > >> > >>-------------- Original message -------------- > >>From: "Alan Buckingham" > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello All, > >>> > >>>Well, I am back at it with another public domain book I am putting online > >>>for everyone to share. This one is titled "The Making of Pennsylvania" and > >>> > >>> > >>>is from the 1880's. The first 30 pages are up now at > >>>http://www.midatlanticarchives.com > >>> > >>>Alan > >>>RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, > >>> > >>> > >>Creswell, > >> > >> > >>>Abernathy and related families > >>> > >>>-- > >>>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.3.0/758 - Release Date: 4/12/2007 > >>>11:52 AM > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> > >>> > >>quotes in > >> > >> > >>>the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/761 - Release Date: 4/14/2007 > >>9:36 PM > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > >>the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > >------------------------------ > > > >To contact the PACLEARF list administrator, send an email to > >PACLEARF-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > >To post a message to the PACLEARF mailing list, send an email to > PACLEARF@rootsweb.com. > > > >__________________________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com > >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > >email with no additional text. > > > > > >End of PACLEARF Digest, Vol 2, Issue 85 > >*************************************** > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message