In a message dated 5/26/00 4:23:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pknox@earthlink.net writes: << To add to the confusion, most of these people traveled down the Rhine to the Netherlands to get passage on the ship to America. Sometimes they lived for months and even years in the Netherlands trying to get passage, but hey did not originate there. Phil >> Hi Phil, Thank you for your reply. I will research this aspect of it, a little more. Mary Jane