In a message dated 5/25/00 7:43:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, beejay@crosslink.net writes: << Huh? The Dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch stands for Deusch=German for German. The Dutch you are researching just ain't the same thing. Barbara >> Hi, I really think you need to recheck your source material. The Dutch are from the Netherlands . And Germany, was not even there when the original Dutch came to PA. Dutch is Dutch---German is German. Thank You, MJ