Dear Ethel, What Nancy says is true. If I were in The Netherlands today and someone asked me where I am from, I could say that I am UIT (pronounced like the Canadian version of "out") the United States, but I am "van" San Francisco. Dorothy >My reading of the difference between 'uit' and 'van' is this, and I >may be wrong: > >'van' = from, as in hometown, homeland; a place, if not birthplace, >where residence was long-established. > >'uit' = 'out of' a place, having departed from a place, that may or >may not have been a place of long-established residence, or even >short residence. It could have been a brief stopping place, from >which the departure was made. In any case it does not carry the >sense of belonging to and/or being identified for some reason with a >place. > >I have a 1720s Dutch-English dictionary in the archive for which I'm >responsible. It may help - don't know. I am not there now. Ethel, >if you'll remind me off-list, I'll check it for you. If others are >interested, please speak up. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: THJ >Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:18 am >Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Meaning of 'Uyt' in the marriage records >To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > >> In modern Nederlands the spelling is 'uit' and means also >> 'from'. However, I'm not sure of the shade of difference in >> meaning >> between 'uit' and 'van' if any. >> >> Terry HJ >> >> >> >In the New Amsterdam Dutch Church marriage records, it usually >> states the >> >bride and groom are either "Uyt" or "Van". "Van N.Yorke" >> Uyt >> >N. Nederlt" >> > "Van Aernhem in Gelderlt" "Uyt Noordt Holldt" "Uyt >> Engelt" etc. >> > >> >I checked my Dutch-English dictionary and Van means from, but >> Uyt is not >> >listed in the dictionary. What does Uyt mean. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >------------------------------- >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