I would like to join and have many Germanic direct ancestors from Southern Germany, Alsace, and Germanic Switzerland in the early 1700s to PA: Lay (Leh, Ley, Lee, Loy), Hefflebower, Bitner, Bowers, Cart, Cauffman, Koder, Coldsmith, Croft, Darr, Dockstader, Dunkelberger, Fetter, Gabel, Gottschalck, Gurtner, Haldeman, Hauer, Henrich, Hoch, Hoffman, Hohenschilt, Huber, Kagi, Laux, Lutz, Mayer, Nelich, Orris, Schwarz, Schweitzer, Smutz, Stober, Shollenberger, Unangst, Wagner, Zeigler - among many others.
Ed Lay