Hi Pat, Thanks for mentioning that. I also do recall seeing that somewhere, but can't pinpoint where that was... but it's probably one of the reasons that I can't help but think that they probably are connected. But still I see no current day tie-ins. I found a website relating to Van de Graeff and decided to ask them what they knew of it, and just received this response: >Hello Liese, > Thank you for visiting my website. I do not know of a connection between Van > de Graeff and Op den Graeff. My earliest known ancestors of this family were > already in the Netherlands before your Op den Graeff arrived there, so a > direct link does not seem very likely, based on what I know, all of which is > already in my website. I wish you success in your further investigations, > and I'll keep a lookout too for more information on a possible connection. > Best regards, > Han van der Voort >----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- I've written him back following reply, and we'll chalk it up to "we'll see if anything happens here". > Thanks very much for your reply. There has been talk that our ancestors > were in the Netherlands in the 1400s, fled to Belgium, and then to the > German states. I still think a connection might be possible. Please let me > know if you come across anything that might indicate it is so. And if I > find anything, I will let you know as well. ____ Liese ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Weaver <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:08 AM Subject: [ORIGINAL-13] Re: ORIGINAL-13-D Digest V00 #129 > Liese, I do not have any documentation on this; but I show Abraham > Graeff of Duesseldorf, Germany, as father of Herman Isacks Op den > Graeff. > > Pat Langwell Weaver > > of "Graeff", or "DeGraeff" I'm still > > not > > > sure where either one stands in connection with Op den Graff yet, whether > > it > > > was ever proven that one or the other was definately a form of, and > > > connected to the Op den Graeff name, but I sure would love to know. > > > > > > Liese > > > ==== ORIGINAL-13 Mailing List ==== > Please write simple Thank You's to anyone who helps you. It's not > even bad to say You're Welcome, either! > Also, from me to you, THANK YOU for being such a great group! -- VES. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >