'There are currently some 8.5 million Roma/Gypsies in Europe, around 70 per cent of whom are in Central and Eastern Europe. Roma/Gypsy communities have been present in Europe since at least the beginning of the fourteenth century. They were originally from Northern India, yet were wrongly perceived by many to have been of Egyptian origin, hence a variety of appellations reflecting this - Tsigan, Zigeuner, Gitano, Gypsy etc. - which are still used today.'
Extract from the following link:- http://www.minorityrights.org/Profiles/profile.asp?ID=13 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
