I'm a little hesitant to wade into this, but the family name (Van Denburgh) creates some obligation. First off my Dutch dictionary says a beek is a "brook, rill or rivulet" - that may not be the only definition but it is all that is stated. In my research I don't remember running into the Vanderbeek used as a variation of Van Denburgh (Vandenburg, Vandenberg, Vanderberg, Van Den Berck, Vanderburgh, Van Den Berk etc.) It may have been there but I don't remember it. The origin of the name I have consistantly heard about, have all been locational - of/from the Hill; this may have been from Holland or of local origin. So my impression would be that any Vanderbeek's are separate family. On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > I have also seen Vanderbeek interchangeable, at least in handwriting, > with Vanderbeck. I don't believe they are the same families, though! > > Sylvia > ----- Original Message ----- From: "~ Ron W. ~" > <ronwaldron@verizon.net> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 12:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Vandenbeek > > >> >> Sue, >> 'Burg' in German and other Germanic European languages means 'Town' >> or >> 'Hamlet'. While 'Berg' means 'mountain' or 'Hill'. >> I believe that 'beek' in Dutch means a point of land jutting into the >> water, >> like 'The Point' in Catskill. So your Vanderbeek probly translates to >> 'From >> the point' there's also 5 mile point between Coxsackie and Athens >> that may >> have been the particular 'beek' of your ancestors.... >> >> ~ Ron W ~ >> In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Maxwell" >> <suemaxwell@comcast.net> >> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Vandenbeek >> >> >>> Sylvia- I am deleting emails and just saw this. I know that any town >>> that has a burg or a similar spelling has to do with Vikings. Don't >>> know >>> if that is helpful. My Swains were originally Vikings, and when >>> Svein >>> Forkbeard conquered a number of countries, the name Svein was >>> spelled >>> differently in each country. Sue M. >>> >>> On 8/30/2010 9:49 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >>>> Throwing this out there - do you think that Vanderbeek - >>>> Vanderberk-Vanderberk - Vanderbergh are all the same family? >>>> >>>> Sylvia >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message