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L O W L A N D S - L - 26 February 2007 - Volume 01

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From: Peter Snepvangers <snepvangers at optushome.com.au>
Subject: L O W L A N D S - L Dietsch

 Hello Lowlanders,
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.
Best Regards to all,
Peter Snepvangers
snepvangers at optushome.com.au
Sydney, Australia

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