I have no idea about Internet or text slang.. However I do get lol.. I prefer to never use this so called "slang"
I am a first generation imagrant from Germany... Our family did it legally..
However I have some hick in me', Yeehaa
@City farm Well CF, you got me curious. My mom always told me we could trace her side of the family (Coburn) back to the Mayflower. Wasn't too sure about my dad's side (Sarber), so I did a little digging on the internet. Before he died, my grandfather told me if I ever wanted to find about the family, go to Mentone, Indiana, so I started there. The earliest reference I could find was George Sarber, who bought 171 acres in what was "green woods" but is now Mentone. That was in 1841. Tracing his birthplace back to Pennsylvania, (can you say Pennsylvania Dutch?), I traced his parentage back to Jacob Sarber, born approx. 1720 in the Palatines area of southwest Germany. Married in 1738 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, he would have been about 18 years old. So, sometime between 1720 and 1738, Jacob was a refugee from the Palatines, which was a very war-weary area. A lot of religious refugees lived in the area, including Martin Luther. The Prince of the Palatine was appointed by a papal bull, and it was part of the Holy Roman Empire. After Protestantism caught hold, Louis of France invaded and sacked the area several times. Britain, looking for able bodies for it's American colonies, offered passage to Palatine refugees during the 1720's and 1730's, and I guess Jacob jumped at the chance. I have looked at a lot of the passenger lists of ships from this period, but haven't found him or any other Sarbers, but did find a few Surbers?
Anyway, apparently a branch got tired of Indiana, and moved to Dearborn, Michigan, where my dad was born. Turns out I have a living relative in Dearborn named Esther Sarber, who is currently 109 years old!
I never would have known any of this stuff, if you hadn't gotten me wondering when my dad's family immigrated. Thank you!
P.S. The Dearborn move had to be about 1915, my grandfather was born and raised in Men tone, but had moved to Dearborn by the time my dad was born in 1933.
109 wow.. What about her family? Have you contacted her?
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