THAT is such a cool site ;o))) thank you! On Mar 24, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Carol Anne wrote: > Here is a site where you can hear how Dutch names are pronounced > http://www.heardutchhere.net/names.html It also has a section on old > New York. > > I don't think Dutch people in NJ in the 1700s looked up etymologies > and equivalents for their names! In order to conform to their English > neighbors, they simply chose an English name that sounded close to > their Dutch name, or perhaps were simply given such a name by their > English neighbors and decided to use it. All part of integrating with > the English, who were then in control! It has nothing to do with > today's nicknames and equivalents! > > Carol Anne > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Dee <deesgenes1@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Bringing in my 2 cents worth. I don't know about Gertie, but I do know about Charity. My great great grandmother was called Charity, but her full name was Charetta or Charietta White. Records show both spellings. She married Amaziah Foster in Queens, NY. No records show Gertie. >> Dee in Phoenix >> www.azwvgs.org >> When a person dies, a library closes. >> Researching: >> NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay >> NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns >> PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose >> Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: "christietrapp@aol.com" <christietrapp@aol.com> >>> To: njhunter@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:26 PM >>> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Samuel Wheaton - Charity Wyckoff v. Gertie >>> >>> >>> I wasn't aware that Charity and Gertie are interchangeable as I have never come across this. My mom's first name was Gertrude but she was sometimes referred to as Gertie or GG but never was she ever called Charity in her entire life of 96 years. Therefore, I would have to see some names of other people's genealogy in order to believe they are interchangeable. >>> >>> I have both Gertie and Charity names in my database -- not married to Samuel Wheaton, of course, but at no time have I experienced finding them as a nickname of the other. Not saying it couldn't happen, just have not come across it for myself. >>> >>> Ron- as you seem to think these messages are misdirected to you -- if you are on the njhunter list as a subscriber to this query board, you will be getting messages either as part of the digest -- all bunched together, or if you signed up to be on the list -- you will get emails from the list one at a time. If the subject doesn't pertain to you, then just go ahead and delete them. If you don't wish to get either the individual emails or the digest, then you need to go through the steps to unsubscribe. Just as you signed up, you use that same procedure to unsubscribe -- just don't send it to this list. >>> >>> Christie >>> >>> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message