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<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 26 February 2007 - Volume 01<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_snepvangers@optushome.com.au" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">
Peter Snepvangers <<a href="mailto:snepvangers@optushome.com.au">snepvangers@optushome.com.au</a>></span><br>Subject: L O W L A N D S - L Dietsch<br><br><div id="mb_0">
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<div><font size="2">Hello Lowlanders,</font></div>
<div><font size="2">I have decided to get off the lurking chair and ask for some
assistance. As many would know my family name is Snepvangers. The Snep part of
this name refers to the bird called snipe or snip in Dutch. The vangers I
presume refers to Catchers from the Dutch vangen. I have been researching my
family tree and have so far traced back to the 1480's into North Brabant near
Zundert, Breda, Rijsbergen, Rucphen etc. I have been provided with information
from a genealogist of name variations of the Snepvangers name in the 1300's. I
presume these would be Brabants or medieval Dutch. I have also been forwarded
some information written in "Thiois" which I think is old Dietsch. Could anyone
with knowledge of oude Brabants provide me with spellings of how the Snepvangers
name may have been written, or how it may have been written by sound. Some of
the variations are as simple as van de Snepvangers, van Snepvangers, van
Snepveghem, van Sneveghem etc. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. By
the way, a quick read in this old language is quite easily understood and
pleasant to me.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Best Regards to all,</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Peter Snepvangers</font></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="mailto:snepvangers@optushome.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">snepvangers@optushome.com.au</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Sydney, Australia</font></div></div>
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