Hi, Cynthia McDaniel,

You taxed my memory and records with this query, but thank goodness I 
easily found one of the primary online sources. It can be found here:
http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/history/european/knittle.htm

and is excerpted from a paper titled /Early Palatine Emigration/, by 
Walter Allen Knittle, Ph.D., Philadelphia, 1937. It goes into a great 
deal more detail than my message of the other day, but I was focusing on 
the "warm blankets" discussion. I hope it is of help in your research 
about the Palatines.

As for the effects of the "Little Ice Age", on the people of Europe, 
there is this interesting National Geographic article, published 
thirteen months ago: 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111003-science-climate-change-little-ice-age/

It's hard to imagine our being able to survive such a calamity as things 
are, today.

Let me know if I can be of further help... I descend from a couple of 
Germanic ancestors, and my husband a few more, but am not by any means 
to be considered well-studied in their reasons for setting off across 
the ocean for a wild and unknown place.

Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend,

Carolyn


On 11/19/2012 12:32 PM, Cynthia McDaniel wrote:
> Thanks, Carolyn.  Where did you learn about the Palatines?  Is there more
> about them?  I have relatives from there and my husband has more than I do.
>
> Cynthia McDaniel

-- 
Carolyn HALE BRUCE
Virginia Beach, VA


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