I noticed the discussion about the Alsace settlers of the Seager family. The Saegertown history (or maybe it's the Saeger Family History?) says that Daniel Saeger brought settlers with him from the Lehigh area to Crawford Co. and that these settlers were the descendents of Hessian soldiers brought over from Germany to help the English fight during the Revolutionary War. Many of these Hessian soldiers were kept in prisoner of war camps in the Lancaster area and other parts of PA. After the war, many stayed on and settled in the area. So....... Some of you may be looking for people who came over on the ships with the Palatines, when actually they came over as soldiers! A good book on the subject is "The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783" by J. G. Rosengarten translated by Max van Eelking. I found it in the war history section of a local library's genealogy room. I got onto the subject from a reference in "Notes and Queries" Series 4, vol. 2 which had a long discussion of the Lancaster barracks. Interesting, I thought, that we assume all of our descendents were settlers or immigrants who came here for a better life. These men were sent here under orders and just decided to stay! I don't know if there are lists somewhere of who these soldiers were. Since I don't think it applies to my family lines, I didn't check that out. Marilyn