If you have Huguenots then you are also French. What name do you have that is Huguenot? The Huguenot only accepts people who are originally from France, born 15(not sure what last two years) and 1700. I am a member of the Society and all of you should join with these Huguenot Ancestors. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] How I discovered I have Dutch ancestry > My mother had always told me we had Dutch ancestors, but I thought she was > exagerating--why I'm not really sure. I knew we had Schuyler and Beekman > ancestors, both of whom are Dutch, but thought they were an anomaly. It > was my impression my ancestors were all English, with a small Palatine > line thrown in. When I became a serious researcher, at least 10 years > ago, I started with the Palatines, who married the Schuylers. From that I > learned I had a few more Dutch ancestors than I originally thought, but > still didn't think it was significant. Only in the past couple of years > did it finally sink in that I had many, many Dutch ancestors. In addition > to all the lines which fed into the Beekman and Schuyler lines, other > English ancestors had married Dutch. I only gradually came to realize > that being descended from one early Dutch family generally implies descent > from many. The Huguenots were similarly recently discovered. > > My self-view was also changed with the knowledge of how very Dutch my > ancestry is. I used to consider myself almost purely English, but now > consider myself Dutch-English. The Palatine line is still small by > comparison to the rest, as they didn't immigrate here until 1710. The > Dutch and Engish were nearly a century older. > > Barbara de Mare > from New Jersey > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >