April 2011 Update to RootsWeb Surname List New and Modified Surnames starting with V - To learn more about the RSL, including how to access the full RSL which has over a million surnames (these postings are only the NEW or CHANGED names). how to submit surnames, etc., visit http://rsl.rootsweb.com/ - Write directly to the submitter if you would like to exchange information. Entries are formatted as follows: Surname Date1 Date2 Migration Comments & Nametag Surname: The surname being researched Date1: The earliest date for which the submitter has information. Date2: The most recent date. Migration: Where people of this line lived during the period listed. Comments: Additional information (not always included) Nametag: What you need to actually contact the submitter. Abbreviations used in the migration are listed on this web page: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/codes/ OK, so you see a surname listed below and want to share and compare with the person who submitted it. How do you find the submitter? It's not all that bad: to obtain the address info for the submitter whose nametag is "example" (just for example), go here: http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi?op=user&user=example Reminder: the nametag is the last word on each line in the list below. ===================================== 5 May 2011 Van Cleaf 1900 present Canada, MI, MO, CA, USA Have quite a bit of info bobjody Van Sweringen 1636 1760 HOLLAND>DE>MD>VA Gerrit VanSweringen lmweber Van Valkenbug 1857 1969 NY,USA>MO,USA I am a decendant of Frank Van Valkenburg (alt. spelling Van Valkenbourgh) from New York, b: 23 DEC 1857, m: Irena Clark. cogdell1 Vanalstyne 1886 1994 Montgomeryco, ny>fultonco, ny glasgow9 Varga 1868 1940 Hungary (Slovak) PA M. to Ondrej (Andrew) Fakla, brother named Janos Varga DonnaTM Veghte abt 1730 abt 1740 NY<NJ?>Johnstown, Fulton, NY Mary m. Eli Pierson lornakw Veit 1700 1800 Germany to Canada mzweig Vendela 1885 1952 oolu,finland>michigan,usa avatar22 Villa 1857 1922 Mexico, TX, CA mdortiz Vining 1738 now SuttonCo,MA>NC>SC>GA>TN>AL,USA cynde Von Lowenstein 1655 1860 Niederelsungen, Germany tdoehne Völkening 1765 1819 Westfalen, Germany>MO gi5bo4 See directions at the top of this message for information on how to retrieve the submitters' contact information.