[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] PLATTDEUTSCHER CLUB and common origins

[Nancy Gertner]

I wouldn't bet on the members having immigrated from same origin,  
though they could have, since most migrations involved groups.

Finding member rolls and comparing with church records of place of  
origin would certainly be interesting.

The township where I grew up had several distinct origins for the  
homesteaders, who apparently all had Plattdeutsch as a common dialect.

They included Swiss Mennonites from Galicia, and German Lutherans  
from Russia (Black Sea area) and Prussia - Kreis Wongrowitz of  
Posen.  Some came to Minnesota via Wisconsin and Nebraska.

Nancy


On May 30, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Mike McHenry wrote:

> Do you think they all came from the same area?
>
>                                         Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Gertner [mailto:nancygertner at mac.com]
>
> I would speculate this indicated the club members spoke a common
> dialect.
>
> Nancy
>
> On May 30, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Mike McHenry wrote:
>
>> About a month ago the list had a discussion about German dialects.
>> My German
>> grand parents lived in Hoboken, New Jersey from 1910 to 1920. This
>> town was
>> a German immigrant strong hold. For those who don't where it is
>> located in
>> the USA it is across the Hudson River from New York City. In going
>> through
>> city directories of the time I came across a number of German
>> clubs. One was
>> called the "Eastern Plattdeutscher Club". From the previous
>> discussion I
>> thought Plattdeutsch referred to a German dialect. Can anyone tell
>> me what
>> this inferred about the club?
>>
>>                                         Mike
>