>From *Baptism Record of Schenectady Reformed Church: Schenectady, New York, 1694-1811* (New York: Arthur C. Kelly, 1987), page 371. "1798 12. 9 Harmannus Van Slyke (name as father) 8480 Clara Van Slyke Evert Schermerhoorn Neltje Schermerhoorn b 10. 6 Elizabeth Schermerhoorn" Hope the formatting comes through. Mary On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:30 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Can someone please check for me a baptismal record in the Schenectady DRC, > 9 Dec. 1798, for Claara, child of Neeltje Schermerhorn and Harmannus Van > Slyke. The father's name is upside down. I hadn't known, until told, that > this meant an illegitimate birth. What I had was Neeltje's own New > Testament, where she listed her children. Claara is listed there as her > first, without a last name or a father, unlike her later children. > > A number of years ago, someone on this list got this record for me from > Kelly. I was a newbie, and I didn’t write down the number from Kelly, or > the names of the sponsors. I do remember that at the time I didn’t > recognize the names; now that I’ve done more research and have more of > Neeltje’s relatives, they may be more meaningful. And now I know the > importance of having Kelly’s number, just for future reference. I've got > all the children from her marriage to Hendrick Bastiaanse accounted for, > Kelly's numbers, sponsors and all, so I just need Claara's. > <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" > /> > Thanks, > Doris Waggoner > ____________________________________________________________ > Obama Urges Homeowners to Refinance > If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama's Refi Program > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3622c62a3cbc540a5st03vuc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >