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Names, Names, & More Names: Locating Your Dutch Ancestors in Colonial America Paperback – March 10, 2000

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Finally, a guide to the evolution of Dutch surnames. How did old world Dutch names like Makentews and Oculi suddenly become Macintosh and Oakley? Probably a recording error by an immigration clerk, census-taker, clergyman or other scribe. Such an error can thwart even an experienced researcher's best efforts to document his or her ancestry. Names, Names, and More Names can open the flood gates by making the connections between contemporary surnames and their Dutch origins. This book is the result of more than thirty years of research of the Dutch patronymic naming system. In it, Arthur C.M. Kelly offers a comprehensive treatment of Dutch patronymic surnames, their variations and origins. Divided into three sections, the book details essential information and provides informative tables on surnames, given names, and father and mother pairs. It also includes a discussion of the evolution of names and naming and a guide to understanding surnames.

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320 pages
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English
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Ancestry.com
Publication date

March 10, 2000
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5.5 x 0.88 x 8.5 inches
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0916489914
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978-0916489915
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Follow the evolution of Dutch surnames from their origins to their modern American derivations with this guide of Dutch immigrant names.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ancestry.com (March 10, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0916489914
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0916489915
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.88 x 8.5 inches

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I can't even review it because the quality that was shipped to me was awful. So can't really look at to tell if it's helpful nor how it works.

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Arthur C.M. Kelly

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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2001

GETTING THE MAXIMUM GENEALOGICAL BENEFIT FROM "Names, Names, and More Names"
The recently published book, "Names, Names, and More Names" by Arthur C. M. Kelly has three main sections of use to genealogists. They are:
#1 Surname and Patronymic equivalents.
#2 Given name equivalents.
#3 Parents and married persons identified by given names only.
#1 Since many individuals were identified by both a patronymic as well as adopted surname in the early records, this information was used to construct these tables. As an example,- if you are working with the family that subsequently became Van WAGENEN, it would be helpful for you to discover (on page 79) that at least four different lines assumed the Van WAGENEN surname, namely, Aerts, Gerriits, Hendricks, and Jacobs in the early 1700s. That information should now allow you to broaden your search for ancestors so that you would consider those with these patronymc "surnames" as possible progenitors of your line.
Additionally, you can extend a search forward as well. For example, suppose that you have just discovered that a Maria STORMS was married to an ancestor of yours. By consulting page 141, you would discover that this patronymic became either BRATT or Van Der ZEE as a surname at the turn of the 18th century. Your research possibilities have now expanded considerably.
#2 The given name equivalent section of the book is particularly useful for discovering other spellings of a Christian name including nicknames. We wouldn't need a table for connecting Hulda and Hilda or Lizzie and Elizabeth but equivalents such as Helm and William or Nolte and Arnold might not be so obvious. The Dutch to English section is useful when determining what a particularly unusual Dutch name had become while the English to Dutch section allows you to discover alternate names for what the name became. For example, note the almost two columns of "Maria" equivalents on pages 207-208.
#3 The final tables in this book are those of last resort. When all other avenues have been exhausted in your search for ancestors, try these tables!!! The theory behind their use is described on pages 217-219. To give an example, suppose you have determined that the `arents of one of your ancestors is most likely a Nicholas and a Maria. Possible candidates appearing as parents (as found on page 244) occur in the Reformed churches of Albany, NY, Bergen, NJ, and New York City from 1655 through 1698 and this same pairing of names is found in the marriage section (on page 308) in the Reformed churches of Flatbush, `NY and New York City. Also, we discover that Maria is mentioned as deceased in the subsequent re-marriage of her husband in the Reformed church of Kingston, NY and New York City in 1681.
This is just a brief outline of how to get the maximum benefit from this excellent pocket guide.
Happy hunting!!!!

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Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2019

This is a very useful book for its purpose, but the binding was terrible - it's falling apart. I'm afraid to buy another one.

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Cornelia W. Bush

An excellent work.

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2010

An essential guide for anyone researching Colonial New York and New Jersey, as both Dutch and English persons will be found in the records, and naming patterns made clear. The definitive work on the subject.

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