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Germanna and the Siegerland

. . Germanna is a curious word, a concatenation of “Germany” and “Anna” — Queen Anne.  It refers to the name of a colony of immigrants from Germany — all iron miners and smelters with their families — in Virginia.  We are talking the beginning of the 18th century, and all these immigrants came from … Continue reading


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