Who are your Dutch ancestors?

Who are your Dutch ancestors? Have you been able to trace them into The Netherlands? Where did they come from?

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Permalink Reply by Connie Underwood on January 18, 2012 at 12:11am

Hello

I am researching the following last names. Blodegoet, and Van Der Gouda. Late 1500's. Thanks Connie

Permalink Reply by Christine M. Worthington on January 28, 2012 at 7:40pm

Hi--

I have Dutch roots on both my maternal and paternal lines. Terhune and Bergen from New Amsterdam are my maternal ancestors.

My paternal grandmother was the first generation both in the USA (Brooklyn in 1908). Her father was a Van der Neut and her mother was an Oorschot.

Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Chris Worthington

Permalink Reply by Cynthia on March 6, 2012 at 11:12am

I am researching the name Muckey.

Philip Muckey 1782-1874 married Maria VanEver 1794-1889.

They both lived and died in Oswego County, New York. Philip is buried in the Dutch Hill Cemetery, Parish, Oswego, NY and Maria probably is too. I have nothing to document they actually came from the Netherlands or are of Dutch except family history.

Permalink Reply by Ann Marie Borgers on March 14, 2012 at 2:50pm

My dad's side of the family are/where entirely Dutch, maternal and paternal. My great grandparents, Berend Borgers, his wife Hermina van Beek Borgers arrived in the United States in October 1892 on their way to Alton Iowa. Berend died shortly after arriving in the United States. Shortly in the sense of a couple of weeks. When/where/how exactly I have yet to discover. His widow remarried another Dutchman and had five more children.

I have been able to trace family back to The Netherlands, in the Ede area. Even to a point where the surname seems to "split". Where some family members surname was spelled Burgers while others spelled it Borgers.

I've been able to find a lot of information on Gelias, but am at a "stand still" there. I've located all the information that I could possibly find on Genlias. Haven't been able to find more "current" information.

Permalink Reply by Michael Boscarato on April 17, 2012 at 9:13pm

I am related to Koester from Neumuenster, Germany. (1665)

I am looking for Koster from Haarlem, Netherlands. (1370)

Permalink Reply by Sue Rupe on April 18, 2012 at 1:09pm

My paternal grandfather, Martin (Martinus) came to US with sister, half-brother and mother in 1898. Just last week, after 20 years of searching I found his/their birth records in Genlias and now know their real names and have connected to their lineage.

Permalink Reply by Jane Jones on May 9, 2012 at 1:34am

Still learning how to use this website so this may have already shown up somewhere but I can't find it. I have NiclaasVan Schaik and Lambert Van Valkenburg; also Andries Van Wie, van Tienhoven, Van Stoutenberg. Van Loon, Van Gelder, Van Der Straaten, Van Der Poel, Van Der Linde, Van Den Bergh, Van Boskerk, Van Arnheim just to name a few. I can get them to Holland and lose them.