No problem. Read Ben Franklin's tirades on the problem of trying to
anglicize Germans in PA. Really, it is no different than comments made today
about Spanish speaking people.
Here is one link to his thoughts:
Now don't quote me on this date, but I believe it wasn't until 1908 in PA
that English Language became mandatory in Public Schools. that means my
great-grandparents went to German speaking public schools. For some reason
in this area of the country (York, Lancaster, and Adams counties) the
Germans clung long and hard to their old ways. But in metropolitan areas
they seemed to assimilate faster. Even though they lived in ethnic
neighborhoods they wanted their children to be "Americans".
Vic's point about Zimmerman/Carpenter rings true to me also. He is correct
that in German a carpenter is a zimmerman.
Vickie
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From: <Mmvc57(a)aol.com>
To: <carter-dna(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] New Layout
In a message dated 9/26/2007 4:51:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
celticspirit(a)insightbb.com writes:
Thank you for the explanation of why the name was changed. My surname
was
also changed and no one in the family could tell me why! Do you mind if
I
include your explanation in my tree?
Thanks,
Betsy
-------Original Message-------
From: Mmvc57(a)aol.com
Date: 09/26/07 16:34:21
To: carter-dna(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] New Layout
For those of you that have had frustrations with being identified with a
lonely Haplograph are going through what I went through some time past.
My
R1a
Haplogroup is very limited in the Carter-cousins project with no
identical
matches in the 12-marker sequence. Naturally, if you have no match in the
12-marker sequence, to get additional tests would no gain anything.
If you have a Scot/Irish ancestry, your problem may be similar to mine. I
pair $19.95 to Y-search to have my Dan transferred over to their site. I
discovered that I did, in fact, have several matches there - however, the
surnames were entirely different. I also submitted my Dna to the Sorenson
Group
which is a FREE genealogy service and the results were the same. a number
of
matches, but the surnames were different from mine.
When England ruled Ireland (or part of it) they required all Irish to
drop
the "Mc" and "mac" from their names. They also required anyone with
an
obvious Irish name to change it - often to reflect the trade they were
in -
such as
Baker, Carter, Cooper, etc. For this reason, many farmer McCarter,
McCarthy, MacArthur, etc. became simply Carter. Many other surnames were
changed to
Carter to reflect this as their trade.
In addition, many Irish/Scotch changed their names when they came to
America. Of the many that were hired by the British to fight in the
Revolutionary
War, "jumped ship" and changed their names to blend in with the Amrerican
patriots whom many joined.
So, if you are at a brickwall on your research, you might consider
Y-search
or Sorenson to expand your research.
Vic Carter
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No, feel free to use any of this information. I acquired it from past
genealogists over the years who very kindly put out these facts for the
enlightment of other genealogists.
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