The Gathering of Dutch Cousins will be at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Kentucky, Sept 23 to 25. Send an email to Buffalo234@aol.com for more info. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands. On May 25, 2005, at 12:00 AM, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: From: Mgillot@aol.com Date: May 23, 2005 11:20:41 PM CDT To: KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: KYMERCER-D Digest V05 #55 In a message dated 5/23/2005 6:00:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com (Carolyn Leonard) writes: > A GATHERING OF DUTCH COUSINS (from Holland ancestry) > Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 23-25, 2005, > > Westerfield, Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Monfort, Smock, VanArsdale, Voris, > Brewer .... are all Low Dutch surnames. If you have very early > connections to Mercer County, you are probably one of our DUTCH > COUSINS Hello Carolyn, Where will this gathering take place? I'm not sure about Monfort, but Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Smock, VanArsdale, Vorheis (Voris), Brewer, Terhune, and Reyniersen are my ancestors' names. My distant Banta ancestor was in New Amsterland in the second half of the 16th century. Mary Rynerson Gillot