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153-1 Palatines to America - German Genealogy Society The Palatine Patter

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President’s Corner ............................... 1 Calendar of Events .............................. 2 Donations.............................................. 2 Pal-Am National Conference............. 3 Indiana Chapter Spring Seminar ....... 4 Ohio Chapter Spring Seminar ........... 4

Colorado Chapter Spring Seminar .... 4 New York Chapter Spring Meeting .. 5 GAGS News ......................................... 5 Ohio Chapter Seminar Application .. 6 In Memoriam Robert McDougal MD ... 7 In Memoriam Don Yoder .................. 7 In Memoriam Richard Burgert, Sr .... 8 In Memoriam Rev. John Gray ........... 8 In Memoriam Patrick Mooney .......... 9

2016 Family History Library Trip ... 10 Member Queries ................................ 10 Kocherthal Circle ............................... 11 Irish Palatine Association ................. 12 2016 Membership Application ........ 13 Pal-Am Research Services ................ 14 Quick Copy Request .......................... 15 Directory of Services ......................... 16

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Number 153 Winter 2016 ISSN 8755–6014

PRESIDENT’S CORNER Joseph Lieby

By now, we should all have had time to recover from the activities of holidays (Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year), I hope. They all provide us time to enjoy being with family. They are a time when family traditions are passed on to the next generation and the memories of those no longer with us are honored. I send my belat-ed greetings to you all hoping that it was indeed a Happy Hanukkah, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. But now, winter has begun to settle in around us. Temperatures are colder, days are shorter than when our last Palatine Patter was published and some of us have migrated to warmer climates in the south, as I will be do-ing come February. It is a good time to reflect on the avocation that at times has dominated our thoughts. We have devoted countless hours researching our ancestors. Our thoughts have frequently returned to the brick

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Mission Statement ● to promote interest, research, and study of the migration of German-speaking people to North America, ● to exchange information relating to life, times, and society of German-speaking people and their descendants, ● to develop optimum methods, using all branches of technology, to serve the members of Palatines to America, ● to encourage fellowship among members.

Vision Statement ● to be a leader among family history societies in high quality and quantity of programs and services for those researching their German-speaking ancestry and family history.

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2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 9 Apr Indiana Chapter Spring Meeting, Speaker Dr. Marianne Wokeck. Athenaeum, Indianapolis, IN. See more details on page 3. 16 Apr Ohio Chapter Spring Seminar, Speaker Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG. Der Dutchman, Plain City, OH. See more details on page 5. 30 Apr Colorado Chapter Spring Seminar, Speaker Warren Bittner. Lower Level, Denver Public Library. See more details on page 3. 7 May New York Chapter Spring Meeting, Speaker Linda Schmeider Holiday Inn, Johnstown, NY. Further details to follow. 4-7 May National Genealogical Society (NGS), Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Further details at www.ngsgenealogy.org

14 May Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair, for more information contact www.njhistoryfair.org 18-25 Sep Pal-Am Family History Library Research Trip Further information on page 9. Save the Date!

PALATINE PATTER DEADLINES Editorial Deadline Publishing Deadline Issue January 1 January 15 February April 1 April 15 May July 1 July 15 August October 1 October 15 November Send all articles & events to: [email protected]

Donations: Gary Winegardner Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Daniel Goelzer

Frank S. Keith Joan E. Culler Jean Mitchell Dorothy Storne Ray Schwartz

Valera D’Esopo Gary Dahlke Janice Kulka Kathryn Drexler Evelyn Gilbert

PALATINES TO AMERICA CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS

WINTER 2016

22-25 Jun Palatines to America National Conference, “YOUR FORCE AWAKENS” Fort Wayne, IN For further details, please see page 3.

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PALATINES TO AMERICA

2016 National Conference

June 24-25, 2016 Hilton at the Grand Wayne Convention Center

1020 S Calhoun St Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802

Palatines to America is a national organization dedicated to finding German-speaking ancestors and their place of origin.

Topics: German Village Not Yet Found Boosting Your Germanic Research: Understand Historical Jurisdiction Reading Handwritten German Church Records My Own Experiences Becoming a Genealogist (and my family’s reaction to that) Records Beyond the Parish at the Family History Library Internet Sources for Your Germanic Genealogy He Took Her Name: Understanding German Farm Names German Resources at the Allen County Public Library Using PERSI Finding a Passenger List that Doesn’t Exist

Featuring: Teresa Steinkamp McMillin CG from Illinois Carolyn Whitton from Missouri John Beatty -Allen County Public Library Melissa Tennant - Allen County Public Library And our own Ernest Thode!

HOTEL INFORMATION (Rooms will sell out quickly, make your reservations early) Cut-off date for hotel reservations is May 22, 2016 The Hilton at the Grand Wayne Center 1020 S Calhoun St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 260-424-4002 www.hilton.com Conference Rate: $104 plus tax, free parking

Conference cost: Members $165; Non-Members $185

You may reserve your room by phone at 260-422-4002, mention Palatines to America or you may register on-line at www.hilton.com and enter the group code PAL.

Pre-Conference Activities: June 22 and 23 WEDNESDAY, June 22 – Bus Tour of German Churches in the Ft. Wayne area THURSDAY, June 23 – Orientation Program and Research at Allen County Public Library

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One of our most highly-rated speakers over the last five years will be returning for our Spring Meeting on Sat-urday, April 9, 2016 at the Athenaeum in Indianapolis. Dr. Marianne Wokeck, the Chancellor’s Professor of Histo-ry at IUPUI, will make three presentations: “Follow the Pioneers: Importance of Transatlantic Networks for Set-tlement Patterns”, “To Move or Not to Move: Transatlantic Relocation in the Age of Sail”, and “Advantages and Disadvantages of Starting Life as Redemptioners.” Dr. Wokeck grew up in Germany studying at Freiburg im Breisgau and Hamburg Universities. Studying as an exchange student, she received her Ph.D. degree from Temple University. She has been on the faculty at IUPUI since 1991. Her book, Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America, explores the context in which emigrants from Germany and Ireland crossed the Atlantic to pursue New World promises. Registration will be from 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM with the meeting running from 9:30 AM – 3 PM. Lunch, not included in the registration fee, will be in the Rathskeller. To register go to www.palam.org > Chapters > Indiana

“WHERE, OH WHERE, ARE MY ANCESTORS FROM?” Presented by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG

Sessions include: Where, Oh Where, are My Ancestors From?

So You’ve Found Your Ancestor’s Town of Origin – Now What? Finding Henry: A Case Study Using Collaterals

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hanover Military Records

SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT DER DUTCHMAN RESTAURANT, 445 JEFFERSON AVE, U.S. RTE. 42, PLAIN CITY, OHIO 43064, ON SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016.

9:00 am til 4:00 pm Please see registration form on page 5 for further information.

COLORADO CHAPTER PAL-AM SPRING SEMINAR

April 30, 2016

Our spring seminar on Saturday, April 30 2016 will welcome back returning speaker Warren Bittner. His presentations will include: “German Research and the Law” “Big City Research” “How German History Makes a Difference in Your Family History Research” “Bads, Bergs, Burgs and Bachs”

Location: B2 (Lower Level) Conference Room of the Denver Public Library (Central), 10 W. 14 Parkway, Denver, CO, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For information, please contact Registrar Sandy Carter

Duff [email protected] or President and Program Chair Gina Moore [email protected]

INDIANA CHAPTER PAL-AM SPRING MEETING

April 9, 2016

OHIO CHAPTER PAL-AM SPRING SEMINAR

April 16, 2016

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The Colorado chapter welcomed Michael John Neill as our fall seminar speaker on October 17. About 50 people attended Michael’s four talks at the Denver Public Library in downtown Denver. As usual, we learned a lot and we now have more ideas for furthering our research. After a membership meeting in September and an online survey to our 400+ eblast list, we learned that local Ger-manic researchers are interested in a beginning German genealogy course and special interest groups. So… we are launching two special interest groups in January, one on Prussia and one on Pennsylvania. Our first meetings will be led by board members and we are hoping subsequent meetings will be led by members. If these groups are successful, we may add groups on Baden and Bavaria. As for the beginning German genealogy course, we are researching different formats and ways to deliver that ma-terial and we may offer a course in the spring or next fall. Our spring seminar on April 30 will feature Warren Bittner. He was very well received when he spoke for us in 2011 and we are looking forward to welcoming him again.

COLORADO CHAPTER PAL-AM CHAPTER NEWS

GERMAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL PARTNERSHIP In addition to Palatines to America, members of the GAGP are:

Germanic Genealogy Society www.ggsmn.org

DAGV (in Germany) www.dagv.org

Pommern Regional Group of MN www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnprgm/PRG.html

Sacramento German Genealogy Society http://sggs.us

Immigrant Genealogical Society of Burbank, California www.immigrantgensoc.org/

Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society swflgg.org/

Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna und Umgebung ahnenforscherstammtisch.blogspot.com/

NEW YORK CHAPTER PAL-AM SPRING MEETING

May 7, 2016

The New York Chapter of Pal-Am will present their spring meeting with Linda Schmeider as the main speaker. A member of our chapter, she will be presenting German genealogy tips, including history of emigration, geogra-phy/maps, and resources available in Germany. We also hope to visit a site in the Mohawk/Schoharie area that is important to the Palatines. The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn in Johnstown, NY. For further information, contact Gary Finkell at [email protected]

http://www.ggsmn.org/

http://www.dagv.org/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnprgm/PRG.html

http://sggs.us/

http://www.immigrantgensoc.org/

http://swflgg.org/

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THE OHIO CHAPTER PALATINES TO AMERICA German Genealogy 2016 Spring Seminar

“WHERE, OH WHERE, ARE MY ANCESTORS FROM?” Presented by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG

Sessions include:

Where, Oh Where, are My Ancestors From? So You’ve Found Your Ancestor’s Town of Origin – Now What?

Finding Henry: A Case Study Using Collaterals Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hanover Military Records

2016 Annual Meeting including Election of Officers and Directors

SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT DER DUTCHMAN RESTAURANT, 445 JEFFERSON AVE, U.S. RTE. 42, PLAIN CITY, OHIO 43064, ON SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016.

9:00 am til 4:00 pm

Fees include syllabus, seminar sessions, vendor showcase, Der Dutchman pastries, coffee and juice for breakfast and full Buffet lunch including Broasted Chicken and Roast Beef,

Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, Stuffing, Vegetables, Salad, Rolls, and Dessert

Register today! Use Pay Pal online at the website: https://oh-palam.org/registernow.php or: make check payable to Ohio Chapter – Palam and mail with registration form to:

Linda Dietrich, Treasurer, 5422 Cindy Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45239 questions? [email protected]

ADVANCED REGISTRATION DEADLINE – MARCH 31, 2016

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IN MEMORIAM Robert A. McDougal, MD

Dr. McDougal, 87, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 in Indianapolis. He was born 22 June 1928 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The family moved to Terre Haute, Indiana in 1944 when his father became a professor at what is now Indiana State University. Robert graduated in 1945 from Wiley High School and then attended Indiana State for his pre-med requirements, and Indiana University School of Medicine from which he received a B.S. in Physiology and Anatomy in 1949 and an M.D. in 1952.

Dr. McDougall was a Board certified specialist in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1957), and in Nuclear Medicine (1973). He was a Volunteer Clinical Professor of Pathology at Indiana University, having been a volunteer teacher there for many years. In the Indianapolis area he had been Director of La-boratories and Nuclear Medicine at Winona Hospital from its opening, 1965-1976, and Director of the La-boratory at Hendricks Community Hospital, 1976-1988. Before returning to Indianapolis in 1965 he was a pathologist in Akron, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia.

He developed an interest in genealogy before retirement, and had published several books about his ances-tral lines, as well as articles and book reviews in local and national genealogy journals. He was president of the Indiana Chapter as well as a national officer of the Palatines to America. He was a member of the Indi-ana Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Truax family association, the National Huguenot Society, and had been a member of Society of German-American Studies.

IN MEMORIAM Don Yoder

Don Yoder passed away on August 11, 2015 in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was born on August 27, 1921 in Altoona, Blair County, to the late Jacob H. and Ora M. (Cronister) Yoder, and spent his summers as a youth in the Hegins Valley with his grandparents. He was Emeritus Professor of Folklife Studies, Religious Studies, and American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he taught for 40 years (1956-1996) and directed 60 PhD dissertations. Dr. Yoder was responsible for the introduction of the term "Folklife" to its present academic use in the United States, and he helped to

found the Center for American Folklife at the Library of Congress. In 1947, he received his PhD from the University of Chicago in religious studies, and in his early career he taught at Franklin and Marshal College, and later at Muhlenberg College. In 1949, Dr. Yoder co-founded the Pennsylvania Folklife Center with Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker and J. William Frey, and together they established the Kutztown Folk Festival in 1950, the first ethnic festival of its kind. Dr. Yoder has published seventeen books, and countless articles on Penn-sylvania Dutch folk culture. He was widely known in Europe and his work was influential to the German-American composer Paul Hindemith and the writings of H. L. Mencken. He was considered the dean of German-American genealogy. A self-described "incurable Pennsylvanian," Dr. Yoder devoted his life to the study and cultural preservation of the folkways of his native people, and has inspired new generations in re-viving and maintaining the spirit of the Pennsylvania Dutch.

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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PALATINE PATTER

We welcome articles and information related to Palatines to America and German Genealogy Research. Arti-cles must be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, or an RTF file. PDF files are NOT acceptable; editor will not retype PDF files to enter into a presentable document. We reserve the right to edit, shorten for space considerations or otherwise alter the articles submitted. We also re-serve the right to refuse articles that are not suitable for this publication.

IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Burgert, Sr

Richard Allen Burgert, Sr., 86, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Myerstown, PA and Worthington, Ohio passed away early September 12, 2015. Born in Franklin, PA on May 5, 1929, he was the son of the late Clifford J. Burgert and the late Cecil Vincent (Jones) Burgert. Richard (Dick) was the loving

husband of Annette (Kunselman) Burgert and they celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary this past June. Richard served in the United States Marine Corp in the period immediately following World War II. After his service in the USMC, Richard attended Bliss Electrical School (now Montgomery County Junior Col-lege), in Silver Springs, MD. After graduating there, he enrolled at Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana (now Trine University) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1952. Richard was a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Wherever Richard lived and worked was al-ways active as a volunteer for many charitable organizations.

IN MEMORIAM Rev. John R. Gray

Rev. John Robert Gray, 77, of Grove City, was gathered to his ancestors on Tues-day, September 22, 2015. He was born June 14, 1938. John was descended from sev-eral pioneer families of Franklin and Union Counties, OH. Ret. TSgt USAF, Vi-etnam era. Member Ohio Genealogical Society and several Ohio Chapters; founder National

Blue Family Assn., National Sly Family Assn., Battelle Genealogy Club; Judge 4-H Genealogy Day at Ohio State Fair. Life member and Chaplain Emeritus Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Assn.; Life member Disa-bled American Veterans Post 144.

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Bergwein (Bergweil), Joh. Migrated in 1749; from Rohrbach, Amt Lichtene edt; religion Reformed; cash 133 + 66 T; accompanied by wife Brückmann, Wilhelm No migration date listed; from Neukirchen, Kurpfalz; shoemaker; age 54; cash 300 G; accompanied by wife, 2 sons, 3 daughters Conrad, Peter Migrated bef 1753; from Homberg, Grafschaft Grumbach; “mayor” Schulze; religion Lutheran; cash 500 G; accompanied by wife, 2 sons, 2 daughters Hartmann; Joh. Phil. Migrated in 1748; from Niederbeerbach, Darmstadt; farm worker; age 30; religion Lutheran; cash 150 + 75 G; 7 in household Ruth (Rutz); Samuel Migrated in 1748; from Erbach bei Lautern; occupation farm worker; age 40; religion Lutheran; cash 100 G

“Gebhard lists people from the Palatinate and surrounding areas who left mainly ca. 1747 to 1754, usually with the number in the family, the net worth, the religion, and with their “Palatine” villages of origin. That latter part intrigued me, because the exact place of origin is the single most important thing to know in German research (besides the name, of course). This period coincides with a peak time when people were leaving the Palatinate and surrounding areas to come to America.” – Ernest Thode Excerpt:

Price: $23.00 + shipping (Tax included) When: NOW! Where to Order: National Office [email protected] Or, go online to the bookstore at: www.palam.org

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IN MEMORIAM Patrick J. Mooney

Patrick J. Mooney, 84, of Columbus, died on September 15, 2015 at Westminster-Thurber Community in Columbus, where Margaret and he have been active members for the past ten years. Pat was born September 5, 1931, the son of Patrick F. and Mary Leibig Mooney of Somer-

set. He married Margaret (Eichner) 51 years ago and immediately became father to five children. He was an alumnus of Holy Trinity School in Somerset, Ohio University, and The Ohio State University and was an educator by profession. He was a long-time trustee of the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Socie-ty, past president of Ohio Chapter, Palatines to America, and from 1984 to 2011, elected chair of the Catho-lic Record Society, Diocese of Columbus, a member of the Religious Experience Advisory Council of the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, and more recently, a member of the Diocese of Columbus Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

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MEMBER QUERIES

To Submit Queries: On the website http://www.palam.org/ click on Member Log In in the Members Only box and login using your member ID (the first initial of you last name followed by four numbers) and your password (if you have previously logged in – otherwise select the text to request a password). Then click on Submit a Query and, below, fill in the requested information and your query, and Submit. Even though it says your email address is optional, you must enter it; there is a box to check if you don’t want that published. Or by mail, send to the Queries Editor, Margie Weiler, P.O. Box 767, Bradford, NH 03221. Include your Member Number, Name, Mail Address, Phone, and Email address (and say Not to be Published if you want). Or by email to [email protected] with the same information. To Answer Queries: Send your answer directly to the member at the address given, either mail or email. We would appreciate your also sending a copy to us at [email protected] or Queries Editor, P.O. Box 767, Bradford, NH 03221.

PALATINES TO AMERICA German Genealogy Society

Family History Library Research Trip

September 18 - 25, 2016

Salt Lake City, Utah

Registration includes 7 nights at a hotel next to the Family History Library Convenient to reach by air (with hotel van service), auto, or Amtrak

Library orientations, daily guidance, and sharing with other group members Library’s 5 floors open 8 AM - 5 PM Mon, 8 AM - 9 PM Tues - Fri, 9 AM - 5 PM Sat

International floor staffed by experts in German genealogy and reading of microfilmed German church records.

FEES FOR 2016 NOT YET DETERMINED! Early bird registrations with a $100 deposit BEFORE May 1, 2016

Questions? Ask Group Leader Margie Weiler [email protected] or 603-938-2892

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walls that have blocked our discovery of the identity or vital information about one of our ancestors. Perhaps we solved that mystery or maybe it is still an ongoing search. It may have seemed at times that ours was a solitary activity. Others in our family displayed little inclination to join us in our research. Hours spent in libraries, archives and on the computer were often spent in solitude. Eve-ryone around us were searching for their own ancestors. You may have thought that your research was your own. You searched the records. You recorded events and connections. It was you who planned and carried out the research that brought to life the family that preceded you. Did you give any thought to the many who came before you who made it possible for you to access the rec-ords? There were those who transcribed, indexed and printed or put on-line the records you used. Without their work, your task would have been infinitely more difficult if not impossible. When we realize the extent to which we have benefited by the efforts of others, we should consider making our own contribution to the field of genealogy. You might doubt that you have anything that you could contrib-ute, but that is not the case. Just belonging to Palatines to America is helpful. It allows us to publish resources, organize conferences and gather resources that we hope will be useful to other researchers. Let me suggest three more specific possibilities.

Ancestral Church Project: Our palam.org website has begun collecting pictures and information about the ancestral churches of our members. Check out those already published on our website. If you have a church that has not yet been published, considered submitting the information.

Immigrant ancestor register (IAR): Consider sharing the information you have gathered on your immigrant ancestors. You can submit your information by going to palam.org and signing in to the “members only website”. Select the IAR “Click here for full access”. The page that you will then see is one that allows you to search the available records submitted. You can go to the bottom of the page and you will find a place to download a form to submit your own information. The form can be used in Word to type in the information about your immigrant ancestor. You can then mail the completed form to the address provid-ed.

Ancestor Charts: You can find this section in the members only site also. The information to be submitted is a pedigree chart. There are forms available on the site, but you can also print out a chart with your an-cestral information from whatever genealogy program you use.

I must admit that I have been lax in submitting my own ancestral information. Now that I have written to encour-age you to do so, I had better start working on my own submissions.

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THE KOCHERTHAL CIRCLE If you are a descendant of a German immigrant who came to America between 1708 and 1711, you may be eligible to become a member of the Kocherthal Circle. Full infor-mation is on the Pal-Am website, including copies of application forms to be filled out.

Joshua Kocherthal was a Lutheran pastor who led a group of Germans to New York and helped them settle in upstate New York under the authority and with the assistance of Queen Anne of England. Henry Z Jones, Jr. has spent years researching this group, and his books have a wealth of information about the people and their origins. Pal-Am members who are eligible to join can find further information on our website.

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ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION Since its inception in 1989 the Irish Palatine Association has endeavoured to preserve the rich heritage of Irish Palatine Culture by encouraging and developing a sense of Identity among Palatine families and their descendants especially in Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada and by re-kindling a relationship with their ancestral homeland, Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany.

IRISH PALATINE (INTERNATIONAL) CENTRE The Irish Palatine Heritage Centre is located in Rathkeale in Co. Limerick, Ireland and houses an exhibition that seeks to re-present in detail the Irish Palatine experience ranging from their German places of origin, to their colonisation and settlement in Ireland, and their subsequent scattering all over the English speaking world.

HISTORY In the early 17th Century, the Lower German Palatinate was rich with Protestant refugees from neighbouring lands. Families settled there to rebuild their lives and escape persecution. The Palatinate was repeatedly ravaged by attacks from France during the 17th Century. Following a terribly harsh winter and responding to notices by New World landowners showing the benefits of emigrating to America, a substantial exodus of Palatine families occurred in 1709. Some of the Palatine emigrants of 1709 found their way directly to the New World, but over 13,000 were routed through London. The Landlords of Irish estates wanted to increase the Protestant tenant population, a goal supported by Queen Anne of England. In September 1709, almost 3000 Palatines were relocated to rural Ireland, with a roughly equivalent number being transported to New York and North Carolina. Over the following three years, more than two thirds of the Irish Palatine settlers left Ireland and returned to England and Germany. Of the Landlords who successfully managed to induce their allotment of Palatine immigrants to remain in rural Ireland, the most successful was Sir Thomas Southwell of Castle Matrix near Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. He champi-oned the Palatines to secure government support for the settlement venture and took care of many of their initial needs at considerable personal expense, being reimbursed only just before his death in 1720. In 1711, Southwell had retained only 10 families but by 1714 he had settled about 130 families on his lands, and the region around his demesne has retained the largest concentration of Irish Palatine residents to this day in Killeheen, Ballingrane, and Courtmatrix.

Reprinted from: http://www.irishpalatines.org/

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