http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/garden/08TREE.html?ex=1074142800&en=245adc23 cc09b456&ei=5062 That was very intresting, Tim....Actually I had an ancestor from what is now Albany NY. He supposedly owned almost the whole town. His name was JOHANESS VANHUSIM. Eventually the name became a variety of names VANHOOSE VANHOSIER VANHUSS. My grandmother told me she was Black Dutch Indian....That phraise could certainly mean a lot, huh. Milly WARD Piros My mind is like Lightning.....One brilliand flash and Poofffffffffffff It's gone. List Rootsweb Administrator for Anderson Co Tn~Campbell Co Tn and Fentress Co Tn http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html Genealogists live in the PAST Lane