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To: Verginius Rufus

a lot of the French and German names were anglicized out of recognition.
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and Dutch names after 1664 when the English took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland without firing a shot and changed the name to New York..

101 posted on 09/29/2013 1:35:17 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana

To: Tennessee Nana

and Dutch names after 1664 when the English took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland without firing a shot and changed the name to New York..

Why they changed it, I can't say...People just liked it better that way.

103 posted on 09/29/2013 1:36:52 PM PDT by dfwgator

To: Tennessee Nana

My Dutch Ancestors did that after a couple generations here. First lived in New Amsterdam.

118 posted on 09/29/2013 2:33:34 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)

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