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Thu 1 Jul, 2004 09:46 am
Quote:Ancestry: 2000, [PDF] includes ancestry data for groups with 100,000 or more people at the national level, as well as changes since 1990. In addition to national-level results, the report lists the five largest ancestries at the regional and state levels and the single largest ancestry in the 10 largest U.S. cities. A thematic map provides a representation of the largest ancestry groups across all counties.
The data contained in the report are based on responses from a sample of households who received the census long form. Nationally, about 1-in-6 households were included in the sample in Census 2000. The data are subject to sampling and nonsampling errors.
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I have German ancestry in me. I also have French, Irish and a tiny bit of Italian. I suspect there may be more if we trace the lineages back far enough.
Nick, If we go back far enough, we're all brothers under the skin.
Hmmh, they missed you, urs, here in:
Brothers, to the sun, to the freedom,
Brothers get up to the light.
Brightly out of the dark past,
the future is shining through.
...
:wink:
Ah, no sun and light for me!? Now that's not very fair!!!
Phhh, I'll walk alone then to sun and freedom! Ha! Are you coming, Walter?
Grandma Hendrickson (nee Wallach) was German, so I s'pose I'm amongst those. But also Scots, Swedish, Swiss, English, Am. Ind., and who knows what else...
urs53 wrote:Ah, no sun and light for me!? Now that's not very fair!!!
Phhh, I'll walk alone then to sun and freedom! Ha! Are you coming, Walter?
I'm already there, waiting and singing ... "Schwestern und Brüder, zur Freiheit, zur Sonne ...." :wink:
Alright! I'm coming! Singing!
Now I know, why you missed the entrance exams for the 'Liederkranz 1877'! :wink:
urs, Sisters are welcome too! Welcome to the family.
Why is it, in a society that desires to be "colorblind," does the government even ask questions regarding race and ancestry?
When I send in my census form, I mark a little info as possible. I state my age, sex, and address. They don't need to know the rest.
I have Dutch. Is that close enough?
I had two great grandmothers that were Pennsylvania Dutch; I'm not sure if they emigrated from Switzerland or Germany.
I have no idea. Only my sister knows for sure, since she researches it all for the family website.
4.5 million Americans (1,6%) said to have Dutch ancestors. That's actually even more than Canada and Australia I'm afraid
But I do feel proud
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