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>>>>> A quick look at wikipedia >>>>>shows that "The largest reported ancestry groups in >>>>>Texas include: Mexican (25.3%), German (10.9%), >>>>>African American (10.5%), English (7.2%), and >>>>>Scots-Irish (7.2%)". The large Germanic and >Hispanic >>>>>population is not like the South which has a large >>>>>population of white whose ancestry comes from the >>>>>British Isles. > >Hello Travis, > >Something I intended to mention as regards the >Wikidpeia map and the figures you cite. In gleaning >over both, what I see is that it seems to refer to >more RECENT immigration, not historical settlement >patterns. In the latter instance, the vast majority >of Anglo's who migrated to Texas were of western >European stock from the older states of the South >(Tennessee and Alabama, particularly). I mention this >so we do not "talk past" each other on this particular >subject... > >Also, here is a site which gives some information >about hispanics in the "Civil War." Most in Texas >supported the Confederacy: <a rel=nofollow >target=_blank >href="http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/confed.htm">http:// >www.neta.com/~1stbooks/confed.htm</a> > >Best Regards, >Randy (Texas Reb)
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