Hello to Larry & Coreen (& all the listers), thanks so much for your offer to do look-ups & what a response you've had! The names I'm researching are HESSE, SCHARENGUIVEL, de JONK & MILHUYSEN. Any help you could give would be much appreciated. Also, would anybody be able to help me with some Old Dutch words? On a genealogy, long in my family's possession, it states that an ancestor was sent to Ceylon from Amsterdam as "Vicle Dutch Acle Boelen" (1738), I've even asked the Hague for help, they replied that 'boelen' could have meant 'goods', but the entire title still remains a mystery. Best wishes to all, Jennifer in Melbourne