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or "AY",as in Weij, "IJN''' to "EIN", "OE" to~.'OO"~ "TJ" to "CR",: "OEK",to "OOK",
"Juto "Ti'," "lEUW" to'W', ,'''INCK'ito''ING''~'''INXU-to "INK~',"IJS" to '~ICE",
"n" to "CK", ''W'' ,to 'ruE", "G" to "K", "EI" to ''Y'' as in Zeilstra and "AA" to'
"AC". Keep these modificationsin mind •w•.hen tracingyour,Du.tch roots. Do not
diicard a"name if' ;1t sounds like ·~our.sPut,the s~ellillg:i.s <ü.-fferent.,
,', In other examples, names we~Eli ther shortened,or ~licizedor both,
i .e..u JONGw' ~ chánged to de YOUNQ0l."J·()u'NG;,~Bd:eR_~ to" BliUINor .BROWN,
Tander WOLFto- verwoLF,BAAS to:sASS;-PRINS-'~(:fPRIN9E"BAARDWIJtKoBARDWICK,
'BUIZJmGA to HOUSINGER:~SCHELLmGStoH' rLLING,SClW.+J.to. SÇHAAY,van.den BELT
"toivan der BILT, vAARWERK to WARWICK, JACOBSMtA6 , JACOOS,VELDTHUIZENto ,
~OUSE ,DROLINGAto DROLIN,EVERTStp l!.~~, HOENto HIE, DEKKERto DECKER,
liOODliUIZEiitoREDHOUSNE,OORMAtoNN,ORMAN,KUIJPERt'o KUYPER;xAZEN to KASEOR
J,'ASS,de HAANto'1U:Ali, de KOK'tode COOl;andZEVENHUlZÉN1;0 SEvENHOUSE.T"he
"i.an'in front of' a name'.was of ten omit:ted also .•,
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, ei ...' lil 'searobihg out ·"a;name ,thé earlyD\1 tOh',housevifeoan very DllJchc-oni'use -.
and:sidetrackhe~ ,pursuer by revertmg\ to ller maiden",iwrle af ter .her 'husbànd' 13
d.êmi~e. Shewould, use this name in all her legal affaire. Antje Paarlbe;rg did
thil{in' South 'Holland. ,", ' , '
,...... Adctingto'DUtêhnames' cOulddètour elle ~so~·",for .iIlStaz;!.ce, Paarlberg w~ ,
'~d to 'Paarlenberg,van Steenbergtov8ll St~~nbergen, or Steenberger. Some
.nUes showreprésentations cifthe 'Jewish inf1uénce~ also.
I ha.vèbeen asked: ;"'Whyare'youdoingthls?" IV ~wer ,is:, "Nobo~ else
'e haa!" I Mve enjoyed'andwillcontinlie to enjoy this pursui t. Many nav friends
,~haVEtbeen madeand hopefully cultivat'ed. Itbas ,been an e(lucation., in that I
, 1.a.rned Diuoh:'à.bmit,thê''6ilt~hC "O~o"Olè s:md"",v~+'hniet+,,,: "tl'3'; •
,.. ._ __ .' M.· .' •. ,'*': _'; _;
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m..i...... . In studyiIlg a corporate~nealogicalattempt suchas this, limited as it
be, youwillriote a defini teccbenton the' part 'ofsome emigrant families to-
<"ard.ma.rrying theirownkind. ,Their kind~l define as: Hollanders, more parti-
:<r'Uarly , thósewhose family emigrated from thesame province as' theirfamily did.
::C'ü.tting: itcl0s.er, perhaps, even from,the same town. Further, marriage con- "
(.atl:'l.Qtions 'werepraóticed,along religious lilles, ..orthe laak 'of religious .ai'fil-
. ia1:ion..Thetwobasic divisions have historically been the Reformed, and the .
.~~.tl.anRefomèd •. 'Inthéhie'ra.rchál sequence ~o,f priority having ancestorefrom
.tb.}':a:~e1rl&S preferred, then fromtlle. proyj.ncfa~ofNorthandSouth,Holland.
·Tbc)~e·,d:th"Bràb8nt roots were assignêd iiuItra..;Móntagne" (late Catholic fidelities),
"'"scompared to the Northern provinees • Frislandish or Groninger backgrounds to,
. iouiJw8.s the "nadir of circumstance" one could have for an ances.tral homeland,
_li~t18;lcnowing theirDu.tch history. . Caesar (via Taaitus) mentions the »atavians
.' (p,risians) as ea.rlyàs 57B.C. They were theoidi :tribe he never conquered.
.. IO#h of the Rhine riverthe Batavians werethere firet!
..·...Frisian and Groninger surnames were readily discernable to their emigrant
oqD.rreres; i.e. Dames ending in MA,STRA,and INGAto mention a few. Churches
:v.~ orPnized and sustained within these parameters.