Posted By:	Nickolas Posthumus
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	Subject:	Re: Conrad Valentin Posthumus
	Post Date:	August 21, 2001 at 13:55:48
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/posthumus/messages/34.html
	Forum:	Posthumus Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/posthumus/

Hi, I'm doing research on the family Posthumus from Harlingen. However, my gggrandfather left Harlingen in approx. 1824 and was the only child. I know that in Harlingen there was/is another family Posthumus. I haven't found out yet if my gggrandfather had relatives with the same surname. Cause: mandatory surnames from 1811 due to the decrete of Napoleon in 1811. A lot of people, especially in the northern provinces didn't have surnames yet (only patronymes). So it could be looking for a needle in a heystack (sorry: for you and for me). Regrads, Nick