http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1960 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1959 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1958 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1957 Calling All VALKENBURGs with Dutch Ancestry! New Surname Study hopes to find out if all with the surname of Valkenburg and of Dutch ancestry are related Prince Edward Island, Canada – January 2012 - Is your last name VALKENBURG? Or Valckenborch, Valkenborch, Valkenburg, Valkenburgh, van Valkenburg, van Valkenburgh? Are your ancestral roots in The Netherlands? Then you may be interested in the Valkenburg Surname Project, which began in January 2012. Pieter and Daria Valkenburg, project administrators, say that the project hopes to find out if those of Dutch origin with the surname Valkenburg all have a common ancestor or if there are several branches that have the same last name by coincidence. Are all Dutch Valkenburgs related, or is there an assortment of different Valkenburg families? Where did the family originate? 'Many Valkenburgs believe they are descended from a Valkenburg family from the town of Valkenburg in The Netherlands. Because written records from the 16th century and earlier are hard to find or non-existent, many Valkenburgs find that their genealogical search runs into a brick wall in the 1500s. The Valkenburg Surname Project, and its genealogical DNA companion project, hopes to break through that barrier. But in order to do so, it needs a wide sample population of Valkenburgs.' Some Valkenburgs have already had their DNA tested for genealogical purposes. If so, you may wish to join this project as well and compare your results with other Valkenburgs of Dutch ancestry. Project participants will not be identified in web reports by name, only their earliest known Valkenburg ancestors will be associated with the results. For those new to genealogical DNA testing, it is a simple and painless test that only looks at markers related to ancestry, involving only a cheek swab. You can read more about the DNA component of the project at the website set up for this purpose. Dutch speakers who are not comfortable writing in English are welcome to correspond in Dutch. Pieter assures Dutch speakers 'behalve Engels, spreek en schrijf ik ook Nederlands, derhalve kunt U ook corresponderen in het Nederlands.' The Valkenburg Surname Project would love to hear your story! If you’d like to participate in this surname study, please drop Daria Valkenburg a line at valkenburgsurnameproject@gmail.com , and visit the project website at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/DUTCHVALKENBURGS/ ]]> http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1956 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1955 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1954 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1953 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1952 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1951 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1949 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1948 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1947 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1946 http://www.ngv.nl/Prikbord/homepage.php?frams=n&action=ListItem&ident=1944