My Mother always said her Snapp relatives had German traditions. she knew only that the Grgrgrandmother's name was Rachel. I began investigating genealogy because a son had Duchene's dystrophy and it is a genetic through the female lines. Stopped aabruptly with Rachel ?? Snapp. I put queries on the net and lo, a Heisler from the Dutch message boards answered. In the Van Voohees history was a Henry Snapp with first marriage Ida Hoagland. He was mine, I knew. There was also a letter in that info from a grandson of that first marriage, saying that his grandfather (Henry Snapp) married as second wife, a deGroff! A dutch connection. I still have not been able positively to say which Rachel deGroff she was , but that ancestor was definitely Dutch. Circumstantial evidence says she was dtr. of William Swartz deGroff. The Dutch message boards are the most informative on the net. alm > [Original Message] > From: Richard Kitchen <corvus13@hotmail.com> > To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/20/2007 1:55:48 PM > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] How I discovered I have Dutch ancestry > > >Does anyone else care to share their story about "How I found out I > >have Dutch ancestry"? > > I always knew my grandfather's mother's maiden name was Wyckoff. I just > didn't know the history of it. During my research on her, I found out about > the Wyckoff House and Association, Pieter Claesz Wyckoff the founder of the > family name, and the Dutch (and Huguenot) connections through marriage. > > Rick Kitchen > > _________________________________________________________________ > It�s tax season, make sure to follow these few simple tips > http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/PreparationTips/PreparationTips.a spx?icid=HMMartagline >