In a message dated 5/26/00 10:34:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, PADUTCHgenONLY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Let me add a little more history. As someone else has said, almost all of the German speakers who came here in the 1700's left the Continent from Rotterdam because they were from the kingdoms and pricipalities of what is now southern Germany. (Germany wasn't unified until the later 1800's, so there was no Germany then), or Switzerland or Lorraine. >> Hi All, I apparently have missed most of the fun <<G>> while answering emails for lookups. I have a question. My Ancestors (Lenzi became Lantzy at the Port of Philadelphia) came from a part of Switzerland (Wallbach, Kanton Aargu) that was Austria until 1813 & Then became (& still is) Swiss. They immigrated to Pa. in 1816. Would they be considered Pennsylvania Dutch? What about my Lehmer/Leamer/Lamer's who immigrated from Germany in the mid 1700's? Also if anybody has a connection to either of these families I would be delighted to hear from you. Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SURNAMES: Anderson, Como, Hasselor, Heintz, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), Lydick (Leidig), McAnulty, McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain, Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.