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