Yes Ma'am. The Pennsylvania Dutch who are proud to be so in PA even today - and many still speak our form of German ARE NOT DUTCH FROM NETHERLANDS. We are of German background. At one time there were more German speaking people in PA than English speaking and it was a question whether the official language of the colony should be German! The name comes from those blasted English speaking folks hearing German and having the speakers say they were speaking their native language, Deusch! My folks all belonged to the German Reformed Church, while the Dutch in NY and NJ belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church (among other denominations of course) Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <REDSKI9136@aol.com> To: <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [PaDgo] NEWCOMER SURNAME > In a message dated 5/25/00 8:30:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > o2bab@bedford.net writes: > > << Can't resist replying! PADutch are those Germans who came early into PA > and > spoke German (Deusch). My Berger ancestors came in 1744 and my grandmother, > b 1870 still spoke German, or rather PA Dutch, which is a form of German > understood somewhat in Germany (as we somewhat understand those from Alabama > and Boston!) >> > > Hi Cathy, I have been researching the Dutch for a long time. My research > says that the Dutch are from the Netherlands. Most did have some type of > German dialect, but they did not speak German per say. The Dutch also did not > come to PA., as PA-DUTCH. They were simply Dutch. The Pa. was added on after > they came to Pennslyvania. If you feel I am wrong, please correct me. > > Mary Jane > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >