Hello Sarah J. Adams: Up through World War I, the Pfalz (as it was called at that time) was an integral part of the Kingdom of Bayern (Bararia is the English version, as they had a bad habit of changing an ethnic name to suit the English Language, the French did that also to most of the towns on the left bank of the River Rhein (again Rhine is the English version). In 1852 the Pfalz contained a number of Dukedoms, ruled by a Duke. Otterstadt is a small town, 3 km north of Speyer, and southeast of Schifferstadt, in the Rheinland Pfalz. Marian Dietrich on Monday in PFALZ-L gave us the address of the Archive for the state of Rheinland Pfalz which is located in Speyer and also, Speyer was the Kreisstadt (admininstrative center that has all the records for Otterstadt). The address she gave is as follows: Landesarchiv Speyer Otto-Mayer-Strasse 9 D-67346 Speyer Germany E-mail address: < info@plb.de We have not as yet tried to contact them, but will in the near future, so we can't tell if you have to communicate in the German lanuage or can do it in English. However, you can use < http://www.altavista.com > to get a translation from English into German. Happy hunting: Al and Margaret "Sarah J. Adams" wrote: > If I recall right, Is that the Bavarian government sent over 100 people from > Otterstadt, Pfalz in 1852. Most went to Canada and later trickled down into > the US. Another group left in the 1880s from the Otterstadt area and my > ancestors were included in this group and the bulk of them came to Reynolds, > Dakota Territory and splintered from there to St. Paul, MN; Humboldt, SK; > New Rockford, ND and Oregon. > > Sarah Adams > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Masten <masten@gateway.net> > To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:34 PM > Subject: Fw: [PFALZ] Why Ohio > > > > >Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Why Ohio > > > > > >> I have a cousin that has traced LOTS of our families from Germany. She > >> states that several small towns in Pfalz ( especially around Hambach, > >> Deidsfeld) shipped 30 families each in 3 shipping's, to American. These > >> shipping's occurred between 1830 - 1870. The states reason was "These > >towns > >> were out growing their towns so fast (as they were very small) and > decided > >> to send families to American. > >> > >> The first shipping (my family) went through New Orleans, up the > >Mississippi > >> River to St. Louis and then she lost track, but they ended up in Quincy > >IL. > >> The next shipping came through New York and through the water ways ended > >up > >> in Wis. The last shipping (her line) ended up in Ohio, around Columbus. > >> > >> When I traced the families (in the US), our lines are found as she > states, > >> IL and Ohio. > >> > >> This story might not apply to all, but I have certainly found it to be > >true > >> for a great number of my line. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Elsa Kahler" <ekahler@sympatico.ca> > >> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:20 AM > >> Subject: [PFALZ] Why Ohio > >> > >> > >> > I too have ancestors that settled in Ohio. Would be very interested in > >> > knowing why? > >> > > >> > Best wishes from Canada > >> > Elsa Kahler > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > >> > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > >> > send your message to Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com (click and ready to > >go) > >> > mailto:Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > >Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > >send your message to Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com (click and ready to go) > >mailto:Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > send your message to Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com (click and ready to go) > mailto:Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe