Well written, James, My immigrant's surname was not correct by either of the 3 "desk clerk,s" after the immigrants "got off of" the boat, why, the "clerk,s were English (Only English sale boat,s were allowed to take Germans to Penna.) and of course those who left from either Germany OR their Native land, such as Switz Mennonites or French Huguenots etc. and each had their own dialect of which a number of them were unable to read OR write, hence you will find tha t many would SIGN with an X. As these Penna. Dutch so called, learned to live together in Western Europe, they seemed to have learned to talk together by developing dialect language of the area (of which IS USED TODAY OVER THERE) as well as here in south eastern Penna. , though the dialect IS different to some extend. Each County seems to have a bit of a different dialect. Even tomb stones were written in different ways, spellings were carved as the carver could spell. If the "stone" was TOO narrow, he would continue the surname in the next line below. I also, was told by someone HOW to locate my immigrant's name in the Penna. German's ship listing,s since it was not correctly spelled in English OR German. That has wasted a lot of time for many Family history researcher,s in times past. Ernest ____________________________________________________________ The strong, silent type. Click here for great looking bamboo flooring! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2d22JoO3ZhJVacRbFdG56zWLidiTu4eEvcGNwZnRK19uhvC/

Hi Earnest,      Yes, you can't get far just searching a surname since they were often spelled differently and the spelling often depended on who wrote it down (English or German) and how well educated the person was who was giving the name.  I've seen German's really butcher Scotch-Irish names in Manor Twp.  You really need to try to locate people so your only looking for the John Kendig in Conestoga Twp., and not in all of Lancaster County.  Finding the township isn't that difficult since Tax lists, Revolutionary War Class lists, wills, and the census are all organized by township,  Knowing where they lived is the key to finding where they went to church.   Knowing the township isn't always the answer since there were 4 Christian Herrs in Manor Twp. during the revolution, but with less common names, it helps.                                                                                                 Jim   ________________________________ From: Daniel E Weinhold <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Peter Grob Well written, James, My immigrant's surname was not correct by either of the 3 "desk clerk,s" after the immigrants "got off of" the boat, why, the "clerk,s were English (Only English sale boat,s were allowed to take Germans to Penna.) and of course those who left from either Germany OR their Native land, such as Switz Mennonites or French Huguenots etc. and each had their own dialect of which a number of them were unable to  read OR write, hence you will find tha t many would SIGN with an X. As these Penna. Dutch so called, learned to live together in Western Europe, they seemed to have learned to talk together by developing dialect language of the area (of which IS USED TODAY OVER THERE) as well as here in south eastern Penna. , though the dialect IS different to some extend. Each County seems to have a bit of a different dialect. Even tomb stones were written in different ways, spellings were carved as the carver could spell. If the "stone" was TOO narrow, he would continue the surname in the next line below. I also, was told by someone HOW to locate my immigrant's name in the Penna. German's ship listing,s since  it was not correctly spelled in English OR German.  That has wasted a lot of time for many Family history researcher,s in times past. Ernest ____________________________________________________________ The strong, silent type. Click here for great looking bamboo flooring! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2d22JoO3ZhJVacRbFdG56zWLidiTu4eEvcGNwZnRK19uhvC/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message