Hullo again from Australia. Following my posting in March, I have progressed a little further with my Dutch ancestors, thanks to list members, and the New York and New England B&G Societies, and especially Heritage Quest!! Any comments, corrections or cousins.. this is just a brief list, so anyone interested or connected please contact me to compare notes. I am still a little unsure about recording surnames as well, with so many variations (OOSTEROM for example!!) so if anyone can see any glaring errors, please let me know. I'm still learning!! 6 x GGrandparents: Lea BUYS, b. 25 May 1731 m. Johannis SYFFER 7 x GGrandparents Pieter BUYS, b. 12 December 1679, m. Geertje HOPPE, b. 1682 8 x GGrandparents: Adrian Pierterse BUYS, b.1650, m. Trentje Hendricks van OOSTEROM, b. 1654 Willem HOPPE, b. 1653/4, m. Mynno Jemima JURCKSE, b. 1655 9 x GGrandparents Hendrick van OOSTEROOM, m. Tryntje LUBBERTSE Andries Willemszen HOPPE. m. Geertje HENDRICKS Paulus JURCKSE, m. Christina (Styntie) JANSE, b.c. 1630 10 x GGrandparents: Lubbert GYSBERTSZEN, m. Divertje CORNELIS Cheers Marg Smith Mardi, NSW Australia

Dear Marg, Since this is not my Buys ancestral line (I'm from Jan Cornelius Buys), I am not sure about the dates. However, I do have a suggestion on handling all the various spellings of names such as OOSTEOM, BUYS etc. I sort of settle on one spelling that seems most reasonable, then for certain records where it is spelled differently, I put that spelling into the notes section of my computer program for that individual. That way all the heading surnames line up, but I can keep track of variations in the surname as to date and place and source of the variation. In my line that comes down to DUMOND in the Kingston area, I have Peter HEIMBACH. That is spelled every-which-way as the Dutch tried to orally deal with the German and then the English tired: HINPAW, HINEPAW, HIMPAW, KINPAW, HINEBAUCH,HIMBAUGH HINBACK,etc. :-) Good luck with your research! Elsie Wilson At 11:58 AM 4/29/2007 +1000, you wrote: >Hullo again from Australia. > >Following my posting in March, I have progressed a little further with my >Dutch ancestors, thanks to list members, and the New York and New England >B&G Societies, and especially Heritage Quest!! > >Any comments, corrections or cousins.. this is just a brief list, so >anyone interested or connected please contact me to compare notes. > >I am still a little unsure about recording surnames as well, with so many >variations (OOSTEROM for example!!) so if anyone can see any glaring >errors, please let me know. I'm still learning!! > >6 x GGrandparents: >Lea BUYS, b. 25 May 1731 m. Johannis SYFFER > >7 x GGrandparents >Pieter BUYS, b. 12 December 1679, m. Geertje HOPPE, b. 1682 > >8 x GGrandparents: >Adrian Pierterse BUYS, b.1650, m. Trentje Hendricks van OOSTEROM, b. 1654 >Willem HOPPE, b. 1653/4, m. Mynno Jemima JURCKSE, b. 1655 > >9 x GGrandparents >Hendrick van OOSTEROOM, m. Tryntje LUBBERTSE >Andries Willemszen HOPPE. m. Geertje HENDRICKS >Paulus JURCKSE, m. Christina (Styntie) JANSE, b.c. 1630 > >10 x GGrandparents: >Lubbert GYSBERTSZEN, m. Divertje CORNELIS > >Cheers >Marg Smith >Mardi, NSW >Australia > >------------------------------- >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 Elsie H. Wilson 5620 Harris Cir. Fitchburg, WI 53575 (608) 835-6791 ehwilson@charter.net