<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>I wasn't able to find a source for the material, but I was able to find a copy of the original webpage on the Wayback machine here:</span></div><div><span>http://web.archive.org/web/20030622133446/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3955/palatine.htm</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>The author was </span><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font size="3">Kraig W. Ruckel,  <font size="2"><span><span>but I wasn't able to find any recent information on him. I did find another source for information,</span></span></font></font></font></font></font><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Palatine German Immigration & Genealogy</span></font><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font style="font-weight: normal;" size="2"><font><span><span>
 [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/palatines/index.shtml] with someone who may be able to help you identify where Kraig sourced his information.</span></span></font></font><i><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></i></font></font></font></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:black;"><div>Robyn<br><a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rgreenlund61@yahoo.com">rgreenlund61@yahoo.com</a><br><br><font color="#bf005f" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="2">Interested in Coos County History? See what's online at<br><a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos">genealogytrails.com</a>, <a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://coquillevalley.org/">coquillevalley.org</a>, or <a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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Does anyone know the actual origins of this almost seemingly "boiler plate" quote  that appears all over the internet, occasionally ascribed to the obsolete website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3955/palatine.htm and never listed with an actual Source?<br><br>   " The winter of 1708-1709 was very long and cold in the Rhineland. It was a very bleak period ... "<br><br>How's that for a change of Subject?<br><br>Bill Strickland<br>_____________________________________________________<br>or-roots mailing list<br><a original_target="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<br>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.<br>Questions related to message content should be directed to list
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