Marc, For your info, most of the people who were in the Dutch colony were NOT Dutch. The WIC (West Indische Compagnie) had trouble recruiting Dutch families to emigrate to America. So they concentrated on other locales. Nora On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Marc Heddy <[email protected]> wrote: > Family tradition is that our surname ( Heddy ) is Dutch however I have > never been able to find anything similar in any online database. My > ancestors were in the NY and NJ areas since about the mid 18th century and > probably as long ago as the 17th century. If anyone has any clues or > suggestions that might help me in my attempt to research this name I would > be delighted to hear from you. ---Marc Heddy > > ------------------------------- > 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 >