Many gratitudes for your response Ken! To Ken and interested Listers, I am curious as to what is the native language of Switzerland -- Swiss? Switz? German? Why German? I am subscribed to various German boards and mailing lists but find I am as much an outsider as cold winds are on a sunny day. Old habits and/or cold feelings are hardly worth warming up to. Yes, I am new to everything dealing with Switzerland--is there a shorten form for the name of your beloved country? Samoa has been in existence 3,000 years--I wasn't there so you'd have to take the words of others who claim to be experts of what they know of the earth's history. I do know and feel because of familial history on the islands, the language and culture was a bit "cut"--shortened due to the confounding heat and humidity! My humour for today. <G> Though I dwell in the USA, my heart will always be with the South Seas, but I'm finding it easier to claim the World as my home as I get "wiser". Manuia le aso/Beautiful day, --manaia [Samoan word for "beautiful] PS--Ken, I am on the way to the library for this recommendation right now! Thanks! __ == --- kenneth stutzman <kstutz@adelphia.net> wrote: > Hello Manaia, > > A book that might be of help to you is RHINELAND > EMIGRANTS by Don Yoder. It > is mostly covering > ships from the Rhineland to the USA. For many > reasons the Swiss seemed to > stop over in the German Rhineland area also known > then as the Palitinates > before going to Amsterdam and on to the Colonies. > > Regards, > > Ken Stutzman ( my earliest Ancestor from records in > Erlenbach Church, > Switzerland going back to 1500's.) > > ----- Original Message ----- Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html