If you pull up a map you will see that Holland is only the small part of the Netherlands which includes the peninsula forming the western shore of the Zuider Zee and extending down to around Rotterdam. Regards, Charles Sullivan At 06:44 PM 11/16/1999 -0500, Charles R. Alger wrote: >Could someone please tell me the proper use of Holand and Netherland. >In data I just recived they two are used in the same sentance. > >I have puzzled about those two names for the same place even before I >started working with gennealogy. > >Thanks Charles > > >==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== >Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data >Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/