Family talk:Caspar Jacobse and Lysbeth Hoffmeyer (1)

I was going to correct the page title for this family to match up with the spelling for the husband, but his surname is a bit confusing -- Jacobse, Casper, or Casperse? --Ronni 22:12, 16 June 2007 (MDT)

You're not kidding it is confusing. Subsequent generations spelled the surnames by many spellings, the most common of which finally evolved into Hollenbeck and Hallenbeck, though many other spellings still exist. At this early date, the surname was still in the old patronymic naming system. Even with this, there were multiple possible spellings for Yakobz. --Rghollenbeck 21:28, 5 February 2008 (EST)