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 >

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