I did this, and found most Dutch-English lists do not equate the name Charity with Geertje, but only with Gertrude or Trudie. I wonder if this Geertje = Charity switch is an anomaly peculiar to only certain areas. -----Original Message----- From: Perry Streeter <perry@streeter.com> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 10:44 pm Subject: [NJHUNTER] Dutch & English Name Equivalents By Googling on "Dutch English Name Equivalents" and similar search phrases r terms, one will find many lists of English-Dutch name pairs like harity-Geertje and many of these pairs are *not* intuitive. However, ccepting the validity of these pairs is no different than accepting stablished old-fashioned nicknames for names that are not always intuitive o us now like Polly for Mary, Patty for Martha, etc. Recognizing English-Dutch name pairs can provide important clues for solving ong-standing mysteries. For one of my favorite examples, please click on he link below to see how recognizing Metje as the Dutch equivalent of artha (instead of Margaret!) was critical to identifying Martha, the wife f Obadiah-2 Wilkins (William-1) and John-2 Griggs (John-1), as the daughter f John-1 and Ann (Spicer) Lake, all of Gravesend, Kings County, New York. http://www.perrystreeter.com/griggs.pdf For my unsolved "cold cases" for Hunterdon County and beyond, please see... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~streeter/questions.htm Somehow your Dutch cousin, Perry Perry Streeter (perry@streeter.com) ww.perry.streeter.com isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message