--=======56B5400======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-2F0B1E3D; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good morning, In an attempt to follow up on this thread, I subscribed as suggested to the DUTCH-COLONIES list at RootsWeb, and posted a query. Unfortunately, only one reader bothered to reply in a week's span. I'm pasting in his response in case Ron Hughes or anyone else wants to contact him. Gordon Courtright, <[email protected]>, wrote: > In my family history there are numerous folks with the > Ten Broeck surname as well as others with Ten Eyck > and Ten Hout. All appear to be of Dutch origin, as far > as my history is concerned as nearly all married into > other Dutch families. These go back to the mid-late > 1600's at the time many Dutch were migrating to Nieu > Amsterdam. In the course of my own research on Brooks families, I have looked into English, Scottish, French-Canadian, Afro-American, German, and now Dutch origins, usages and adaptations of the BROOKS surname. In contrast, my sense of the Dutch Colonies list, after reading it for a week, is that this list community is quite self-content in its own little world and has scant interest in exploring its margins or its broader connections with the rest of the North American colonial world. In today's digest, for instance, the majority of messages are concerned with the debut of the Euro, and whether the Euro coin with a Dutchman's portrait is a "must have" collectible for Dutch descendants. Thanks to all, and especially Val, who have shared what they know on this question. It looks to me like we'll just have to keep digging on our own. Chris --=======56B5400======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-2F0B1E3D Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01 --=======56B5400=======--