Good morning - Do have a look at: http://www.dangly.com/Genealogy/kashubia.htm BR - Bernd Message: 7 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:36:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Horst <horst_tim@yahoo.com> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Slang Expression To: prussia-roots <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1309480607.89977.GenericBBA@web111707.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I was born in North Dakota. My ancestors were all Germans who immigrated from Russia. Growing up, I remember my parents and grandparents referring to the Germans in North Dakota as belonging to three distinct groups: ? Ein echter deutscher (a real German) ? Swabians ? Kachup (I'm not sure how to spell this nickname so I've spelled it as I remember it being spoken, pronounced CAW-CHEW-P) It is pretty clear that the "real Germans" immigrated directly from Germany to the United States and that the Swabians are those folks who originally came from the Southern part of Germany (Wurttemberg and Swabia) prior to emigrating to Russia and then the United States. I believe the "Kachup" were those folks who originally came from Northern Germany (Prussia and German held Poland) prior to emigrating to Russia and then the United States. While I can find lots of material on Swabians and their history, I have not been able to find any reference material on the origins or even the correct spelling of the folks nicknamed "Kachup". Have any of you run across the expression? T.Horst