Van Meter Name Study
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Surnames/tags: van_Meter van_Meteren van_Metre
[send private message] and Cynthia Cloyd [send private message]About the Project
The Van Meter Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Meter Van Meter name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Van Meter name.
As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual team studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Van Meters), by time period (18th Century Van Meters), or by topic (Van Meter DNA, Van Meter Occupations, Van Meter Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.
Also see the related surnames and surname variants.
How to Join
To join the Van Meter Name Study, first start out by browsing our current teams to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!
If a team does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Cynthia Cloyd for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Teams / Research Pages
Membership
- Liz Shifflett: Jan Joosten Family Study
- Example: Name - I am interested in the Van Meters of Europe during the 18th Century. I am hoping that this research will help me break down one of my brick walls!
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
van Meteren, Van Meter, van Meeteren, Vanmeter, Van Metre, Van Mater, Van Matre, van Matrn
- Van Meter Family Tree DNA Surname Project: "Van Meter is used as the generic [for] Van Meter, Vanmeter, Van Matre, Van Metre, van Meteren, van Meeteren.... Almost everyone in the United States and Canada, with an ancestor named Van Meter, is descended from Jan Joosten (1626-1704) or Jan Gysbertsen (1624-?). What we don't know is if these two were related."
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- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: One Name Studies WikiTree and Cynthia Cloyd. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Van_Meteren_Name_Study
Cynthia - please contact me.
Thanks!
About which page to retain, I've reconsidered... probably retaining Van Meter Name Study would be best (it's more commonly used than Van Meteren).
Cheers, Liz
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Van_Meter_Name_Study
edited by Barry Smith
Thanks for pointing out that we had two Name Studies that needed to be combined.
Cheers, Liz