Re: SCHLEMP / SCHLIMP, Frederick; DEU; 1730 SCHLEMP;DEU;1730 I'm looking for information about the German family of Frederick Schlemp, born around 1730 and relocated through Pennsylvania to Virginia about 1754. In the colonies, his name was changed to Slimp (Slemp). My main clue to his European roots is that he married a Mary Metz (like the Alsacian city now in France) in Virginia. One of his his sons (Jakob/Jacob) opened a blacksmith shop in the 1790s in the mountains of east Tennessee. If you know of any Schlemps or Schlimps in the Alsace-Lorraine area or in Germany proper, any information is appreciated. An unlikely clue is that once my Irish Great Grandmother married Great Grandfather Slimp, they were referred to as "black Irish" a term generally meaning part-Irish and part-German from the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) region. Once the Schlemps reached America, I have a pretty good geneology from that point to today, including the Slimps of Tennessee and Texas and the Slemps of Tennessee, Virginia, and beyond. Mickey Slimp "Mickey Slimp" <mickeymantle@earthlink.net>