I came across a Family Name History feature at a site called nameLab, so I decided to lookup a few surnames. VAN NOTE Americanized spelling of Dutch Van (der) Not, a habitational name for someone from a place called Ter Noot, for example one in French Flanders. VAN OORT 1. Dutch: habitational name from any [...]
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Posted: October 2, 2010 in BELOW, BOAL, CHITTY, CONNER, DARLING, DOTY, GEORGE, GOODELL, HAY, HILL, NEAL, NORTHROP, NORTHRUP, PARKER, RADDE, REYNOLDS, SHANNON, Surnames, TIDD, VAN NOTE, WALKER0
Ezra Darwin Darling is a man I have been researching for years. Thanks to some distant cousins we found the true name of his father, Jabez Darling, which for generations had been passed down incorrectly in our family. Probably copying someone’s handwriting, it was recorded as Zalig or Jalig, which frustrated me for years. I [...]
I am beginning to wonder if Staunton, Virginia is the birthplace of my great-great-great grandfather Wesley Calvin George. I came across the town while reading about Woodrow Wilson. It’s his birthplace. I am sure I have looked at this place before, when I reviewed the results of various searches at GNIS, the Geographic Names Information [...]
