Aartje Smith wrote: >> Where do you get that idea? I have hundreds of Aartje's in my genealogy database, all from Zuid Holland, Gelderland, Noord Brabant - none from Zeeland. << You are probably right!! The only "Aartjes" I know live in Zeeland and I have never met one from the rest of Holland. Oh and now I know one in the USA of course. Groetjes, Hans.