Actually, what I had in mind was those immigrants who came later, primarily in the 19th Century. Like you say, DutchColonies-L addresses the earlier migration. The Dutch I am personally concerned with at this time arrived from the 1840's onward, settled in NY first and then perhaps moved on to other states such as WI and MI. If the discussion at times overlaps, so be it. I won't stop that, but I would like to stick primarily with the later migration. I'd like to make this more than just a message list dedicated to listing our Dutch Surnames. Posts, for instance, about why they immigrated to NY, the culture that was brought with our immigrant ancestors, their customs, traditions, marriage practices, naming practices, folklore, recipes, anything pertaining to the ancestors you are researching to make them fuller, more alive; rather than just names and dates, although those are very important to us individually. We have close to 60 members now and although I've noticed a few posts, I'd like everyone to at least begin with an introduction of the lines they are researching and the counties they are searching in. Although Wayne Co seems to be a hotbed of activity for the Dutch, there are other surrounding counties to be considered. Mine, for instance, also settled in Monroe. Basically, this list belongs to us all and although I am the Listowner as was pointed out, I intend to me a listmember, contributing where I can. If you do, however, have a problem, please e-mail me direct rather than making it an issue for the list. Let's keep the list fun and informative. That having been said, Glad you are all here! I hope we will all benefit from each other's knowledge. Cathy Listowner: PAPKE-L, KUTSCHKE-L, BRASSER-L and NYDUTCH-L @Rootsweb.com Papke & Collier Genealogy Home Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/l/Cathleen-M-Collier/index.html#lin ks Pommernkontakte (managed by Gunthard Stuebs) http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html?sessid=902c28d2590217e7f984864cd40a4281 &mode=page&db=rc&page=welcome Grandparents are similar to a piece of string handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren. ----- Original Message ----- From: "=cc=Dorothy Koenig" <dkoenig@lmi.net> To: "Cathy Collier" <Cathyclerk@cfl.rr.com> Cc: <NYDUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 16 May, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCH] CARLIER/COLLIER,BUIJCK, BRASSER, CLIQUENNOI, DEBRUIJNE, PLEIJTE, PROVO > Dear Cathy, I see from your initial posting that you are the Listowner of > this new NYDUTCH list. Could you give us an idea what you had in mind > when you set it up, please? Since 1996 individuals who descend from Dutch > immigrants during the 17th century (specifically 1624-1664 when the Dutch > had a colony called New Netherland that later became New York and New > Jersey) have been chatting away on the rootsweb-sponsored Dutch-Colonies > list. > > Is the purpose of this list to discuss families who came from the > Netherlands at any time between 1624 and 2002? > > Any direction you'd like to give us so this discussion won't duplicate > what's going on over at the Dutch-Colonies list? Thanks! Dorothy > > >