Hi Eleonore, I cannot help you very much but there is some very interesting reading about the subject at: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/syft/ethnic/syftbs980402.htm Some believe it refers to having Native American Ancestry and others believe it means mixes of other cultures. I think you will find the reading on the subject very interesting. I found the website by doing a search on metacrawler and typed in "Black Dutch". There were many other sites that I did not visit. Sue [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleonore Crespo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:08 PM Subject: [RICHARDSON] BLACK DUTCH > Hi, I was told that in my Richardson ancestors there were some "black Dutch" > I had not heard this term before and was wondering if anyone knows exactly > what is meant by that? And from what area of Europe would a black Dutch come > from? Thanks so much,Eleonore > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > To use the Richardson Query Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > >