Greetings all, I have been asked by Karl van den Broeck to place a message on these groups requesting help for a project that he is working on. Karl is not a member of any of these groups, so please direct any responses that you have to him at: [email protected] Attn Dorothy Koenig: Karl may be interested in placing an ad in the New Netherland Connections. Please contact him directly for specifics (thanks!). ======================================================================== = Wanted: things that belonged to the Loockermans-family In the first half of the 17the century the Loockermans-family emigrated to New-Amsterdam. Anna, Govert, Pieter and Jacob Loockermans were born in Turnhout, a small town in the north of Belgium. Especially Anna and Govert became very important in New York. Turnhout will celebrate its 800th birthday in 2012. Karl van den Broeck, a journalist who was born in Turnhout end still lives there, is preparing an exhibition in which where the Loockermans-family will take a prominent place. Karl is still looking for artifacts, letters, furniture, pictures of the Loockermans-family. Especially Govert, Anne and Pieter are important for the research, but also Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer. The exhibition is organized by the municipal authorities of Turnhout. All artifacts that would be borrowed to the exhibition will be properly insured. In the family tree of the Loockermans-family you can find celebrities like Theodore Roosevelt, Kurt Cobain and Montgomery Clift. Descendants of Govert Loockermans still live in Dover, Delaware. Contact: Karl van den Broeck (e-mail) [email protected] Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Chemical Abstracts Service ("CAS"), a division of the American Chemical Society ("ACS"). If you have received this transmission in error, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 614-447-3600.