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From: "henk reinders" <>
Subject: Re: Meaning of "high Dutch extraction."
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 21:32:05 +0200
References: <35c51601.62265077@nntp.stratos.net>


Maybe he confused the word extraction with: descent?
Dittrich is not a Dutch prename, neither a surname.
When I was a student 20 years ago I had a professor with surname Dittrich
(university of Utrecht) He was of Hungarian descent and came here in 1956.

Henk Reinders. www.boek.com

Lon Dittrick heeft geschreven in bericht
<>...
>In the quest for retracing our ancestors from Canada back to the
>Mohawk region of New York state in the 1700's, we have been stumped in
>locating past members of our family under the name of "Dittrick" and
>suspect that their name have been changed, perhaps due to hard
>feelings as loyalists exiled during the Revolutionary war. We are not
>sure even whether they were Dutch or German, but have assumed the
>later. One of our ancestors, Capt. James Dittrick, in writing about
>their lives in New York and the Niagra region indicated that his
>famile was "of high Dutch extraction." Most of my family thought this
>mean't high German (ie high Deutsch) as they were thought to have
>settled in the Palatinate district on the Mohawk. However I am
>wondering what a 75 year old soldier in 1860 mean't by this term?
>"Extraction" to me indicates a territory or region, rather than a
>dialect. Does anyone have any thoughts about what "high Dutch
>extraction"? I emphasize that the term "Dutch" and not "Deutsch"
>is used. Could this indicate our family could be from Holland
>instead? Any replies would be most welcome as this may change or
>search strategies.
>Thanks, Lon Dittrick
>

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