Hello everyone, I have enjoyed all the emails, they've been fun to read even if they don't relate to me, but I'm also subscribed to digest mode. lol I always thought my name CONINE was Irish. I've always been intrigued with my name, I guess because it's so different. In 1980 I decided to find out where my ancestors came from, turned out they weren't Irish, they were Dutch. The first CONINES I found were in Coxsackie NY. From there I found CONINE/CONYN were among some of the early settlers of New Amsterdam. It would be many years before I could connect my particular branch of CONINES to any of those very early settlers. Happy hunting to all of us Dutch cousins. SHEILA ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.