Ancestors, Immigrants and more

Updated October 14th, 2008.
I am researching four family names at the time:

Van Heusden,
Nijman (Nyman),
De Morée (van Lierde),
Pleijte (Pleyte/Plyter).

Sofar I have been most successfull with the Pleijte family. They lived mainly in the province of Zeeland, in the area Zeeuws Vlaanderen, as farmers and manual labourers. I have uploaded a report covering 12 generations of Pleijte from present to 1560.
In the 19th century some Pleijte family members departed for North America, to Wisconsin, Michigan and New York area. In the latter the name changed into Plyter.

You will find several dutch phrases in the reference section of my report. The most important are:

Geboorte register = birth certificate;
Overlijdensakte = death certificate;
Huwelijksakte = marriage license;
Waalse kerk = church record (i.e. Waalse).

I have been able add more immigrants from the province of Zeeland to my database and find the ships they travelled on which they sailed to their new country.

Please take a look and tell me what you know about these persons.

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• My home page Ancestors