This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Veldman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/1630.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I am looking for a Veldman too and I see a number of similarities. I know that a Pieter Sikkes Veldman (born 1822 in the Netherlands) emigrates to the US in 1873. He moves to Grand Rapids. Pieter's father was Sikkes Nannes Veldman. The Nanne and Sikke part suggest that there might be a family relationship. I'll see if I can find some more in the Netherlands about Sikke and Bertha. regards, Peter