[Thanks Joe. Forwarding... --Bruce ] Dear Bruce, If you receive any queries on the above mentioned families I would be happy to help. My wife, a desendant of Dirk Straatmaker, the father of Jan one of the original Tappan patentees, and I are the genealogiest/historians for the family association. The family history book, that was printed for our last reunion, August 1997, is located in the New City Library. Please feel free to contact us if we may be of any help to you in this great work, the internet has made digging into one's family much easier and give one a chance to contact others with the same or similar family interests. Joe JCIFUNI@BELLATLANTIC.NET