A researcher by the name of André Claeys has been contributing his research to the Azores GenWeb site for the last several years. He just sent me some information that will be of interest to anyone that claims Willem Vander Haeghen as an ancestor.
Mr. Claeys sent this: "Will you please publish this announcement about De Kersemaker. It explains that there has never been a Willem Vander Haeghen on the Açores. His real name was Willem de Kersemakere. This might be quite a shock for the da Silveira, but after more the 500 years we finally know the exact name of the commun ancester. This correction is important." He is currently traveling to and from Belgium, but plans (in April) to "share new and definitive text about the Vlamingen op de Azoren sinds de 15de eeuw in 3 volumes, the last one being about Willem de Kersemakere instead of Willem Vander Haeghen. It certainly will be a shock for the more than 10.000 descendants da Silveira, but they will have to accept the reality. The da Silveira are not the descendants of a son of the duke of Bourgondia and Margarida was not a descendant of the dukes of Savoie as James H.. Guill pretended. He never consulted the archives of the town of Bruges." I am not vouching for the validity of his work so cannot say if it is accurate or not. That is for you to judge so please don't shoot the messenger! He is willing to share his work so I post it on the Azores GenWeb site in the hope it will help someone. To see the complete text of his correction and more about his research, go to: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Flemish_history.html Kathy Cardoza Coordinator, Azores GenWeb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html Climb my Family Tree: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Kathy/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
