Dear Pam, you wrote: > but we may never know for sure. The > records for Aernhem do not appear to have survived from that time > period, or at least are not on-line --they are not on-line: I think you are right --they do not appaer to have survived: as far as I know they did: reformed church: bapt.: 1593-- (meaning: starting 1593 and no major gaps till appr. 1811) marr.: 1581-1587, 1609-- roman catholic: bapt.: 1605-79 (several churches with gaps; I have no exact listing here) marr.: ?? And it is Arnhem and not Aernhem. I did not follow the whole thread on "uijt" and "van" but till these days there is no real difference, so sometimes I say: ik kom van Oudenbosch and sometimes I say: ik kom uit Oudenbosch. Also in the records from the 16th and 17th century both words were used. Have a nice weekend met vriendelijke groet Frans Gouverneur > Hi to all, > > Interesting developments regarding the Mol family, and thanks to > Dorothy, Howard and Liz for their contributions. > > Here is another conundrum that occurs to me regarding the birth order of > Huybert and Hendrick, sons of Lambert Huybertszen Mol. > > We don't know when Lambert Huybertsen Mol returned to The Netherlands; > nor do we know if he went first to Aernhem or Amsterdam. Therefore, a > marriage record to Trijn Pieters would help to determine the birth order > of sons Huybert and Hendrick. Clearly, he was living in Amsterdam in > 1637, for Hendrick was baptized there in that year. However, if he > married Trijn Pieters in Aernhem prior to that date (say 1633), then > Huybert might have been baptized 1634/1635 in Aernhem, rather than 1639. > If he married Trijn Pieters in Amsterdam say 1636, the reverse might be > more appropriate: i.e. Huybert was baptized in Aernhem circa 1639. > > Personally, I'm more inclined to think that Huybert came first (named > after the paternal grandfather), but we may never know for sure. The > records for Aernhem do not appear to have survived from that time > period, or at least are not on-line. > > http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html > > Click on Gelderland-internet for a listing of the Digital Resources. > > > Regards, > Pam Sears > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >