This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: vander Ploeg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/8117 Message Board Post: I,am looking for Hyltje van der Ploeg and his wife Maaike Osinga who immigrated in teh year 1903 to Grand Rapids,MI with sons Eelke,Sake and Sybren.Can you find obituaries of them. Hyltje was born sept 23 1847 Holwerd Maaike wa born april 4 1850 Nes Sybren was born aug 26 1884 Menaldum Eelke was born nov 9 1887 Menaldum Sake was born aug 8 1893 Menaldum And one son was going to Pella,IA named Thijs van der Ploeg.I think he was the persoon who set up a bakery in Pella,IA.