Interesting. Could be a possibility. My ggrandfather was welsh and came to America. We are in the process now of doing the Griffith family tree. Will be interesting to see what turns up. hahahaha His daughter, my grandmother was Merwyn Sue Griffith, can't get anymore Welsh than that. hahaahaha Thanks for the information. Eva Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin B." <robinjb10@hotmail.com> To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: [PADutch] Black Dutch=Welsh? > Eva Marie, I have Rogers and Griffiths who came from Wales between > 1850-1879, but they didn't go to PA. However, they were petite and > dark-haired with ruddy complexions, as your Rogers were. Perhaps Black > Dutch were early Welsh settlers to PA? Our family Bible had a weekly Welsh > language newspaper in it from Utica, NY dated 1851. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > Keep those PA DUTCH traditions alive and share them with the list. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >