I hadn't seen his site but this guy popped up on the board a few times a couple of years ago all hot and bothered that he'd found "U.S. Van Arnhems". Even though he's Dutch it hadn't occurred to him that Van Arnhem just means "from Arnhem" and lotsa people were in the old days. (There was a Henry "from Arnhem" in Brooklyn 1742 or so who had no connection with our line; I've never figured out if he died or took a different surname.) Anyway, I told Pim I could suggest some fruitful lines of research to pursue in Netherlands if he wanted to research U.S. Van Arnhems but he never answered back. The site as far as U.S. Van Arnhems (etc.) is concerned is utterly unreliable. There's nothing other than "Van Arnhem" to connect our Jan Dircks with the parents listed on the site (and several reasons to think they're the wrong ones.) Jan Dirks wasn't on the "Broken Heart", rather (no records, only logic) "The Faith" with Sara Theunis. Sara was NOT the daughter of Theunis Van Sallee. (Records show that woman married someone else and died in Massachussets, I think.) Etc., etc., etc. I don't have a copy of it, but I think one way or another, this guy's site derives from "Van Arnhems in North America" which we've proved in many ways is itself unreliable. --pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Claggett" <claimtofame@claggett6.com> To: <vannorman@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:01 AM Subject: [VANNORMAN] Genealogy of van Arnhem by Pim van Arnhem > Has anyone seen this website? And if so is the information believed to be > accurate? Thanks > > > > Susan > > > > http://home.xmsnet.nl/pimonline/tak-arnhem-VS.html > > > > Genealogy of van Arnhem by Pim van Arnhem > > The genealogy of Dirk Jansz van Arnhem begins in Arnhem , but already in > the > second generation son in January Dircksen travels from Arnhem to the > United > States of America . We are therefore faced with one branch primarily in > the > U.S. developed . > > Fascinating is the number of name changes: of Aernhem, of Aernam, > d'Arenberg, Vanorman, of Aarnem, of Aernum, of ornamental, Vann Orman, by > Arnam, of Arnum, of Ornum, Norman > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >