[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] PLATTDEUTSCHER origins

[Nancy Gertner]

> Does this suggest that the members of this club
> were all from northern Germany?

No, but perhaps their roots reach there eventually.

In the USA today, there are children that speak Plattdeutsch dialect.

They live in the plains, like Oklahoma and Kansas.

They moved there from Mexico.

Their ancestors lived in Canada before moving to Mexico.

Before that, they lived in Russia.

Before Russia, they lived in West Prussia.

Before that, perhaps the Netherlands.

These are Mennonite families, and their way of life has preserved the  
Plattdeutsch dialect in perhaps a more 'pure' form than what is found  
in Europe.

Probably 200 years or more have passed since their ancestors were  
born in West Prussia, in a place that is now in Poland (near Vistula  
and Nogat Rivers) and not northern Germany.

http://www.mennolink.org/doc/lg/index.html

for Mennonite Plattdeutsch dictionary

Nancy

On May 31, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Mike McHenry wrote:

> Thanks to all for your comments. This is in a 1911 city directory.  
> There are
> several German clubs in it. Does this suggest that the members of  
> this club
> were all from northern Germany?
>
>                                         Mike