This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/6167.1 Message Board Post: The Schoharie Valley the of the Catskill Mts. There was a large German Settlement in the early 1700's which included the family of Conrad Weiser the frontiersman and Indian agent. Many migrated to Berks by mid-cent. It was known as the Tulepocken Settlement.