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Beginning with Volume XVIII, no. 1 (June 1993) of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, genealogical-related advertising will be accepted for publication in the magazine. Rates are as follows: full-page half-page quarter-page eighth-page $275 $145 $90 $50 Camera-ready copy is preferred. All ads must be prepaid. Deadline for the June 1993 issue is 1 May 1993. Please make check payable to: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and mail to: PGM Ads, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XXXVII 1992 Number 4 The Bressler/Pressler Family of Niederhochstadt/Pfalz and Berks County, Pennsylvania Elizabeth B. Bunting 341 German Qualification for Naturalization in Pennsylvania, 1728 Barbara L. Weir and Laurie A. Rofini 367 A Guide to Pennsylvania Soldiers in the Mexican War AntoinetteJ. Segraves 374 In Memoriam: Dorothee Hughes Carousso 393 Book Reviews Coldham, Emigrants in Chains, and McDonnell, Emigrants from Ireland to America, by Robert Emmet O'Connor 394 Baxter, In Search of Your British EV Irish Roots, by John A. Baird, Jr. 396 Clark, The Pension List of 1792-1795, The Pension List of 1820, and A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1840 by Caroline M. Sparks 396 Ashley, What's in a Name?, by John A. Baird, Jr. 397 Potter, The Sultana Tragedy, by John A. Baird, Jr. 398 Books in Brief Reviewed by Mary Fallon Richards, Antoinette J. Segraves, John C. Richards, Aubrey H. Baldwin, III, and John A. Baird, Jr 399 Information Wanted 405 Index to Names in Volume XXXVII 416