At 08:53 PM 01-31-1998 -0800, you wrote: >I got my information on the vanWoggelum line from TAG (The American >Genealogist) -- I'll have to look through my files to cite the exact issue. > I found an article on "The Easy-Going VanWoggelums" which contained most >of the facts I gathered on the family, in addition to what I received from >Nancy (which agreed almost exactly with what I had). > >I will admit on the names, I do "standardize" them to the true Dutch >language fashion. In Dutch, the word of "son" is "zoon", so TECHNICALLY, >Pieter Adriaansz (as I have him listed) is: > >Pieter, Adriaans zoon (Adriaan's son) >The Dutch abbreviate that to Adriaansz, much the same was as the >Norwegians, Danes & Swedes abbreviate Olsdatter (Norwegian/Danish) and >Olsdotter (Swedish) to "Olsdr." ==snip== Dear Michael, Thanks for the Dutch language lesson. It's things like this that I really find a help in my work. Thank you. Sincerely, William Henry Roll [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ William Henry Roll Blythe, California [email protected] The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill http://members.aol.com/whroll "A thousand candles have burned themselves out; yet I read on."