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From: "Dennis West" <>
Subject: Re: Joel Black
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:28:09 +0000

Black genealogists:

Re the query:

> Seeking info on : Joel "Joseph" Black - born June 15,1790
> census says he was born in Virginia, family stories say he was
> a immigrant from Germany.
> Mark D. Black Sr.
> Logansport, IN.

Sorry I can't help you Mark, but I recall seeing somewhere that
immigrants from Germany whose surame was Schwartz sometimes
translated this to the english equivalent surname BLACK.

Do any of the Black researchers have documentation of this
occurring?

Dennis West.

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