Just to add more confusion - there are numerous records in early Dutch NY that spell Green as GROEN - it is not clear if that was their real surname or or if this was simply how the the Dutch church translated it....but it is definitely translated as Green. The records keepers of the Dutch church often "Dutchified" names, so sometimes early records are hard to find because we have no way of knowing how the Dutch wrote them. (For example, one of my Fergusons was listed as a Forks) I have some of these early records on Groen (Green) families if anyone needs them. Laura ======== Carolyn R. Green wrote: > > HI all! > Another thing ya'll might want to remember, not everyone is an English > 'Green'; there are several lines that were Gruen when they disembarked in > N.America. Gruen very often was changed by English clerks when documents > were recorded if the German families moved into English settlements..ie: Pa > to Va. > Another Green researching !! > Carolyn >