Reactions regarding the VR-Research

Message from Wendy Vatblé: 20 September 2011:

Well I think you've found a new generation of your family and the root is in Martinique.

Message from Anne van Droogenbroeck-de Beaulieu, 12 May 2007:

Your search seems to be fruitful... Many congratulations to you !


Message from Anne van Droogenbroeck-de Beaulieu, 28 March 2007:

Good luck for this family project. It is really a good and great idea.

Congratulations. Very kind regards from the Belgian branch of the Van Romondt family.

Message from Emmanuel Graëve, 21 March 2009:

Its fantastic to discover that I have a cousin from the Von Romondt family (quite fascinating how life isn´t it?), its really fantastic! Inés my gf is so excited that I have a cousin in Aruba that she wants to go the next family reunion whether its in Aruba, Curucao, Barbados.. She loves the locations!I didn´t know the other branch of the Van Romondt died because of the eruption in 1911 (I think). My grand-father´s parents were living in Martinique, at some point they left the island to live in Paris. My grand father was raised in Martinique until he was fourteen moreless. Then there is so much to say about my grand father and the Graëve family overall. My grand father mentionned his mother was a Van Romondt but I think he didn´t keep in touch with that side of the family at all, god knows why, he will be stunned when I tell him about our emails.


Message from Pastor Johhny van Romondt, 27 May 2011:

GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY, REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU ARE DOING IT FOR YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, KNOWING THIS , ALL THE OPOSITION AND HARDSHIPS, MEANS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GLORY THAT WE GIVE TO OUR BELOVED FATHER! DO ALL FOR HIM AND LIVE FOR HIM! AMEN.

ALL THE GOOD WORKS YOU'VE DONE AND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU NAME NOW, I CAN ONLY THINK ONE THING "MUJER ESFORSADO" Y "MUJER VIRUOSA" YOU ARE BLESSED MY CHILD, THAT GOD'S HAND MAY BE UPON YOU EVERYTIME AND THAT THE BREAD YOU HAVE THROWN ON THE WATERS IN THE PASSED , YOU MAY PICK THEM UP KNOW IN MANY BLESSING OF ALL KINDS!

YOU HAVE THE WHOLE FAMILY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS , EVER THAUGHT OF EVANGELIZING US THROUGH ANYWAY POSSIBLE! YES WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER IN PRAYER , AND YOU CAN DO IT ,

I CAN SEE IT ALLREADY THE ENTIRE TREE BOWING TO THE LORD IN HIS KINGDOM! HALELUYAH!! LET'S GO IN PRAYER FOR IT AND SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL OF THEM!



Date 09 Aug 2008 Name Heidi M. van Romondt-Scherpenberg E-Mail h.romondt@chello.nl Comments Malaki, contá? Hope you had a great time in St. Maarten, sorry I couldn`t be there.

Date 09 Aug 2008 Name Andy Richardson Christel van der Vorst E-Mail c.vorst3@chello.nl Comments Hello all there at St. Maarten. I hope you?ll are enjoying and having a good time. Congratulations on the release of the History Ancestors & Descendants of the VAN ROMONDT. We are still checking you site. We haven?t seen everything yet but it is very impressive all the information you have found about our family. It has become a very special document. Our compliments to Malaki en everyone working on the site!!! Greetings Andy & Christel Richardson

Date 09 Aug 2008 Name Lewis Alfred van Romondt E-Mail lewis.vanromondt@gmail.com Comments Very impressive and a great tool to have for our future generations to know how, when and where it all started and how we area all part of one great world. Unfortunately we can not be amongst the family in Sint Maarten, but our thoughts and heart are with you all. Enjoy Malaki, Thanks for this wonderful experience.

Date 09 Aug 2008 Name Barbara and Diederick E-Mail barcann@hotmail.com Homepage http://barcann.livejournal.com/ Comments Malaki Congratulations on bringing together the family from all over the world. It was a wonderful night last night. For those of you who could not attend, I put a few pictures on my blog http://barcann.livejournal.com/ Keep up the good work Diederick and Barbara Cannegieter


Date 12 Aug 2008 Name Rob van Ruremonde Comments Very nicely done! Your site looks great. Rob

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Joyce Dittle-Quiram (USA):
I just wanted you know that I love the family tree you put together. I WROTE BEFORE I ENJOYED READING ABOUT MY RELATIVES ON YOUR WEB
SITE. YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH IT. LIKE I SAID I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE SITE AND HAVE DOWNLOADED ALL ABOUT
MY FAMILY. YOU MUST HAVE WORKED ON THIS SITE FOR YEARS TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE.


Eleanor O'Malley (USA):
Your work in this project was magnificent, generous, sacrificial, but most of all full of love, and I do so wish I could be there with you and to meet all my family. "Lord, may this reunion be a time of healing joy and abundant blessings for those in attendance and those unable to attend. May it bring all generational "curses" to an end at your cross, shower your greatest blessings and on this family and their descendants as they fulfill your destiny in calling each one to life. Finally, Lord, may it put a great big smile on your face! Malaki-you've been a great blessing to me. May you be blessed silly from your big toes to the top of your head in the reunion. I hope it even goes way beyond your greatest expectations. Malaki-Now that your wonderful work of love is completed: Have you ever considered writing a book about The Most Awesome Caribbean Family Tree? You've got all the material for it in the research you've done. All you'd have to do would be to put it down with a few comments in between and perhaps "family recollections" by those still living who might like to do so. Whatever, "Girl, go for it!" (after a bit of a rest). I think the story derserves to be told.


Lyanne Beaujon (AUA):
Hey Girlfriend. i heard that whole of St. Maarten is talking about the upcoming reunion. Heeeel leuk, Wish I could be there.
Meisje lot's lot'sof success , You are so Great and we are proud of you for doing such a wonderful job!
Keep on going girl now you have to go for that book! Give all my regards!

Leona Daniel-Peterson (USA):
Just know, "You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you." Philippians 4:13.
Don't try to do anything without including God. Only when God is in it all will go according to God's plan.

Diederick & Barbara Cannegieter (SXM):
The news is really spreading about your work and you are getting all these new contacts. Fantastic! We are so proud of you! Congratulations on bringing together the family from all over the world. It was a wonderful night last night in SXM.
For those of you who could not attend, I put a few pictures on my blog.http://barcann.livejournal.com/. Keep up the good work.

Keith Hassell (UK);
Great site. Well done!

Valerie Brown (CUR):
It was a nice reunion in Sint Maarten. Bo ta magestral. Sigi ke bon trabow i no laga niun hende mors kubo PRRRRRRIIIIMA.
Bo tin un abelidad masha great mes. Hopi kos bo por hasi i bo ta hasinan ku amor. Mi ta gosabu. Nan di: Malaki ta papia hopi. Pero Malaki tin hopi koi papia. Tapesey nos a logra nos family tree, dor di Malaki su never ending talking. You go GIRL.

Olga Buckley (AUA):
Na di prome luga, hopi danki pa e informacion.Ta un trabou inmenso bo a haci. E website ta hopi interesante, y users friendly.
Bon hinca den otro. Mi ta hopi impresiona.

Drs. Leopold James (SXM):
I had the opportunity and privilege to hear you as guest last week on the radio-program of Lloyd RICHARDSON.
It certainly was delight to hear a person speak with the energy, enthusiasm and pride as you did.
Certainly was very inspiring for anyone listening to you, because you are really a role-model for many young people.
Finally, I also congratulate you on organizing the Van ROMONDT family reunion and for your website, which really clearly is testimony to the amount of research you put in.

Ans Koolen (SXM):
je zult wel moe zijn na alle activiteiten, maar het was vast de moeite waard. De presentatie bij de bibliotheek was erg leuk. Groetjes en succes verder.

Lewis van Romondt (AUA):
Very impressive and a great tool to have for our future generations to know how, when and where it all started and how we area all part of one great world. Unfortunately we can not be amongst the family in Sint Maarten, but our thoughts and heart are with you all. Enjoy Malaki, Thanks for this wonderful experience.

Heather Nielsen (UK):
Love to you all at your gathering!Have a wonderful time together sharing memories and learning more about your families.

Heidi van Romondt (HOL):
I Hope you had a wonderful time in St. Maarten, hopefully next time we can attend also.

Jacqueline, House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP)
Have an enjoyable time. www.houseofnehesipublish.com

Rob van Ruremonde (HOL):
Very nicely done!
Your site looks great.

Brian van Romondt (AUA):
Good job!! I am proud of you!

Annette Lacombe-Bogert (USA):
i just want to thank you for all that you have done. i have been telling my children all about their family. I know how hard you worked to get this done.

Family Norman Romondt (CUR):
Dios Bendishona bo. Hopi abrasos, OK. Keep up the good work. God Bless.Pabien ku ultimo logronan. Hopi Great mes.

The Oxley Branch (Barbados, Bahamas and England):
Now that the dust has settled & you've been able to catch your breath after the last few hectic weeks, we wanted to write & congratulate you on such a tremendous effort & achievement. Whilst others have been fortunate to thank you in person, please know that we very sincerely appreciate having this wonderful document of the VR (West Indian Branch) family tree.The most important aspect of your work is that it has brought the members of a widely diverse & distributed family into much closer contact to develop new relationships & that it should continue to live & grow as family members change.
Best wishes & we hope that we can meet in person sometime in the future.

Ginny Amrose (USA):
I really wish that I could come to the party in Sint Maarten and meet everyone. I won't be able to however, so please know I am grateful for your work and tell the family how the Denver branch, Ginny Amrose is going to make a connection in the future.

Danielou Simmons (SXM):
Het is fijn om te weten waar onze roots vandaan komen!

Shirley Vlaun (USA):
Back in the good ol' U.S of A all sad that the party is over. But in a sense with a nice feeling that all went so well and that we all had such a good time. We are so looking forward to doing this again. I truly believe, next time you'll have more help, me included. So I am going to start to read up on it all!! But do know this: It was really a fantastic time had by all Everywhere I went people talked about it and asked whether "I" of all people was a VR descendant. Including people on my flight back to Miami. I feel I could represent your Mom and tell you how extremely proud I am of you.( believe me I may have told you that uncle Rodgers and I tried tracing many years ago, pre-pc time) and it was virtually impossible. I'm so glad you did and we're a bigger and happier extended family for it. Take care, get some well deserved rest.

Andy & Christel Richardson van de Vorst (HOL):
We verwachten dat het een groot succes is.

Lucille Bremer (SXM):
This is great, I will keep in contact. Keep up the good work.

Ingrid Gumbs (HOL):
wish that i was there. Aruba het moet wel geweldig zijn geweest na het succes van Saint Maarten
Gefeliciteerd. Ik hoop dat hiermee nog meer families een familie reunie gaan houden. We are all family at the end.
Pasa bon dia en groet en rust nu lekker uit. Of moet je nu gaan afkicken van alle adrenaline rush van de voorbereiding en hoogte punten van de reunie. je mag in iedergeval met volle tevredenheid terug kijken om een geslaagde organistaite. Je kan je nu parktijkdeskundige noemen in de caribbean genealogy. Wat fantastisch leuk en ook een kroon op je inzet en monikken werk. Want het is een hele gezoek om alles op ee nrijtje te krijgen.

Norman Romondt (CUR):
God Bless, Hopi kampeon e site a keda, Pabien!!!

Warno Kartokromo, J.C.I. Senator # 46900 on SXM. (SXM):
Congratulation, Continue with the noble/ good work. GOD's blessings.

Erika Cannegieter (USA):
congratulations, cuz. That is so exciting. It sounds like you guys had a great time.
I can't wait to see the pics!!!It looks like it was a huge success!!!! I'm so proud of you

Yolanda Richardson (AUA):
Go girl. You are an inspiration to me !!!

Rachel Langenberg-Cannegieter (HOL):
De website is echt geweldig geworden en ik kom steeds meer te weten over de familie voorgeschiedenis. Keep up the good work....en ik spreek je!

Alicia Buyer (USA):
Congratulations on accomplishing the Reunion! I am in awe of your energy and dedication to your project. You are an inspiration and you look beautiful too! It is wonderful to see that you have Will Johnson at the reunion. The whole thing is so amazing, you have really followed your dream. All the best,

Marjorie Rumnit (AUA):
Congratulations on the success of this research and Database, your success. Shines bright star child.

Eva Contreras-Cannegietetr (USA):
I'm very proud of you and also very sad that I couldn't be there for you and my father but I have you in my heart; I thank you very much for all you have done, God bless you.

Veronica Rumnit (AUA):
Great Job!

Diana Flanders (AUA);
Pabien ku e trabou bon hasi. Aruba tawata hopi great y gezellig. A total succes. God bless.

Eleanor O' Malley (USA):
Malaki-The cake looks scrumptious, and my, I can hardly believe all those relatives I have that I haven't met! Never too late! "Now that you're rested," how about planning another reunion in about 5 years? So wish I could have been there and met everyone. Your work was monumental, and devotion to the family admirable! I do hope th ere will be another gathering sometime and that I will be able to go to.

Shannaka Cannegieter (HOL):
I think a congratulations is in its right. As seen from the blog and family tree a job well done. Enjoy all the festivities and appreciate the thanks from everyone.

Anna Maria Richardson-Peters (AUA):
Thank you very much, good work!

George Benson (USA):
Thank you for keeping me updated, and more important, thank you for organizing the affair in St. Maarten, which I enjoyed thoroughly.

Doris van Romondt (AUA):
Danki pa un gezellige avond in Aruba.

Leona Daniel-Peterson (USA):
THANK YOU for everything at the Reunion. I really had a wonderful time and still can't stop talking about it.
Take care, keep up the good work, and most of all keep the faith.

Henk en Maria van der Sluijs-Plantz (HOL):
Keep up the good work!

Grace Romondt (CUR)
Malaki, hopi forsa i hopi alegria den tur loke bo mester regla ainda e dianan akí. No laga nada ku ta "parse negativo" deskurashá òf kitabo for di e bunita meta akí!

Rufino Richardson (CUR):
You must feel good afther the enormust succes on SXM, congratulations are in order.Thanks for all that you did but most of all thank you for taking such good care of my godmother, your grandmother Iona Richardson-Cannegieter.

Jacqueline Lokke (FR):
Hello malaki, you look very nice on the picture of the opening in Sint Maarten N.A. Kiss from paris

Billy Hassell (USA):
Good job with all your research, and good luck in all your endeavors.

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Remember our 1st newsletter!

When we started with the research we kept contact via genealogical services and email. Soon after we decided to try something new and we introduced our newsletter. After 2 editions we thought it would be cool to start a web blog and keep everyone informed on the development of the research.

The newsletter brought also some nice reactions! Let us remember this once again!

Hello to each one of you,

I hereby enclose the 1st VR-newsletter, January 2007 in a new look! I hope you enjoy it.

Please know that I'm answering all the many emails I have received and editing all the received info from some of you.

I had a great time in Curacao with some descendants and will write more on this in the February edition. In Aruba I also started meeting with the several branches. At the moment we are celebrating Carnival and will have the big parade next week.

Please stay in touch! Please forward/print the newsletter to any descendants you know!

Sunny Carnival greetings from Aruba, Malaki



Source: Malaki Z. Croes (AUA)

Reactions we received:

Alicia Byer (U.S.A.)
Congratulations on your newsletter! It looks marvelous! Your distribution list is amazing as is all of your hard work. You are truly living the Winston Churchill. Just by your distribution list I get an understanding of how much work you have done! I wish you good health and happiness in the new year and wonderful new opportunities and connections!

Ingrid Gumbs (HOL)

Bedankt. dit is een goed begin om het neiuwsbrief electronish toegankleijk te maken .Heb je al veel reacties van all over the wordl gekregen. Inmiddels zal je ook mijn post hebben ontvangen met de documenten. Het is toch onvoorstel baar hoe mensen zich over de wereld kunnen verspreiden en toch tot een groep familie kunnen horen. Ik ben ook zeer benieuwd naar de reunie van 2008. Het zal blijken, dat door cultureel en omgevingsfactoren een grote diversiteit van mensen is ontstaan die dezelfde genen delen en related zijn. OOk dat ze door hun erfenis bijna dezelfde soort talenten hebben en bepaalde beroepen uitoefenen en nog veel meer. Het zal mij niet verbazen dat er zelf afstammelingen uit azie opkomen duiken. Dit is voer voor Antropologen.Ik ben zeer benieuwd naar het eindresultaat.

Helene Klappert (U.S.A.)
I was so excited to open up your e-mail and read of this wonderful project you have undertaken. The VR/Cannegieter's are truly a very special family with so many of us scattered all over the world. I know there has always been great interest in the rich history of our family and I would gladly share any info you need for your research. I read in your newsletter that you are hoping to plan a family re-union in 2008 - that would be so amazing!! I look forward to hearing from you and assisting you in your project.

Cheryl Richardson (NL)
Hopi bon e newsletter. Ga zo door.

Nick Posthumus (NL)
Thanks! I'll read it with high interest.

Erika Cannegieter (U.S.A.)
Nice work, Malaki!!Good luck with the prject this year and I can't wait to see it once it's complete.

Eleanor O'Malley (U.S.A.)
How exciting to get your wonderful, newsy e-mail!

Truus den Ouden (CUR)
Thank you for your email, and keeping me informed.
I really admire how you are putting all of yourself in this project and so also providing us with the information on our ancestors. Wishing you all the best and hope to see you soon.

Lidia Richardson (U.S.A.)
It is an awesome task you have taken on and I must say thank you!

Heather Nielsen (UK)
Good hunting with your van Romondt family.

The beginning, A little on how we first got in touch with VR-descendants & genealogical contacts through technology!

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With the use of modern tools we were able to find VR-descendants & genealogical contacts throughout the years. For us to remember how we got in touch we have gathered all the reactions we received from many VR-descendants:

Please find below the first email which has been send out to VR-descendants. The contents of the email is kept in it's original form and has not been modified and therefore you will find some spelling and grammatical errors as you read. We apologize for this but would like to keep our information in the original format.



The email 24 February 2006:

Dear family,

I'm so happy that I took the time tonight to do a deep search on the internet. It was great to see how many of us that are all decendants of the van Romondt family (in whatever way) is in search of our family.

My name is Malaki Zuleika Croes (31) and I;m a decendent of Diederick Johannes van Romondt. My grandmother aswell as my grandfather are decendants of the van Romondts from 2 different branches.
My grandmother's father was Aubrey Cannegieter (whom father was a van Romondt). Aubrey gave a very good contribution to the stories and history of the van Romondts in Sint Maarten in several documentation including the book for the Love of Sint Maarten by Will Johnson.

My grandfathers father was also a van Romondt (John Granville Otto v. R.) and his grandfather was George Louis illidge van Romondt who was governor in Bonaire.

I grew up listening to stories my grandparents told me, since they remember a few van Romondts. I was always interested in the family, not a specific branch no the whole tree. I wanted to know who my ancestors were and to find those who are desendants. This is how i started a project a few years ago "the van romondt family tree:, Diederick Johannes van Romondt".

During the years I gathered information and I tried to get information on the families decendants of the van Romondts.

My wish is to complete the family tree with the help of each and everyone so it can be dedicated to those still alive from the older generation. At the moment we have a few family alive that are enjoying their last days. Their is a great uncle that will be 99 next year, unfortunaly mrs. Lilian Richardson (daughter of Lewis van Romondt) died in 2004 in New York at the age of 99 and I feel sorry that I never had the chance to meet her.

In honor to those that are still alive up to this day I believe that the family tree this is the best gift they can receive, looking back that they might not have had all the oppurtunity to meet their relatives and the resources were limited throughout the years.

I believe the family tree is each one of us and I would really appreciate if we can do this togehter. Please contact me so we can look into all the data we have to gather it all. Time is all we have!

A little info, one of you mentioned that some data of their family was not included in the book, by Will Johnson ( for the love of Sint Maarten). My desendants were also not included at all, eventhough my great grandfather (Aubrey Cannegieter) gave a great contribution to the history. The only record in the book on my family is the name of John Granville Otto van Romondt, No other record of him and his family.

The van Romondt family was very big in Sint Maarten. During the years some left to U.S.A., Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire and other caribbean island. As you can see the name remained in several families up to this day. Eventhough In Sint Maarten many van Romondts are buried there are no "real' Romondts at this time there, except for those that are desendants from the van Romondts but by the names of Cannegieter, Richardson, etc. etc. The beauty of it all is that by looking at each other we all have something from the van Romondts, whether it is hobbies, interest, business, characteristics, education etc etc. and this makes each one of us special in our own way!

For the past 11 years I lived in Holland and currently I;m back in Aruba ( my homeland), y travel often to Sint Maarten and Curacao were I meet with several families and it is always nice to listen to stories and gather information.

The desendants of Diederick Johannes van Romondt (1781-1849) together with his wife Ann Hassell and their children made a very huge and amazing family where we all are a part from and located in sevaral places in the world including Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Venezuela, U.S.A., Dominican Republic, Holland, France, Martinique etc, etc.

I hope to hear from you soon! I wrote this email in English, but I also speak/write and understand papiamento, spanish, dutch, french and german! Feel free to contact me in the language you desire!

Feel free to contact me and especially those living in Aruba please give me a call: 00-297-5635347 so we can meet personally, I would love this. I'm also on the msn (mzcroes@hotmail.com ) and skype (Malaki Zuleika Croes). Or if anyone knows the best way for all of us to come together online sent some suggestions!

Looking forward to meet each one of you,

Many family & sunny greetings from Aruba

God bless,

Malaki Zuleika Croes


The reactions:

Ingrid Gumbs, genealogist living in The Netherlands:
Hia Malaki, Leuk van je te horen en te weten dat je een van de afstammelingen van Diedericht van Romondt tak bent en ook zo’n enthousiaste stamboom onderzoeker. Ja de familie van Romondt is heel groot. Zo te zien hebben zij zich allemaal flink vermenigvuldigt. Ik weet ook dat de familie Richardson related is to the Gumbs evenals de Lakes.Ik ben zeer benieuwd .
Hou mij in iedergeval opd e hoogte van de ontwikkelingen. we zouden dan tezijnertijd een grote reunie van de stamboom van Romondt en aanverwante familieleden moeten houden.

Eleanor O'Malley, VR-descendant living in the U.S.A.:
Wonderful to hear from you! What a noble project you've undertaken!
I am Eleanor (Fitzgerald) O'Malley of Warrensburg, MO. My Mom, Irene vanRomondt was wife of my dad, Daniel Fitzgerald.
I don't know if you are white or black and I don't care, but while you are "putting this family together" I do wish you could do something about bringing the races together harmoniously as I know there were many on both sides.
Happy to have met you Malaki Zuleika Croes! I hope we can meet in person some day. Thanks for contacting me. You made my day!

Heidi van Romondt, VR-descendant living in The Netherlands:
Hello Malaki, How nice to hear that you are researching the Van Romondt's, My name is Heidi (as you might already know). My grandfather was Lewis August van Romondt and he was married to Henrietta Brouwer.

Egon van Romondt, VR-descendant living in Canada:
Thank you for your letter. My name is Egon van Romondt and I'm 32 years old. I was born and currently reside in Toronto, Canada. I was in St.Maarten in January looking into some family history. It would be nice to continue a discussion with you.

Peter Oxley, VR-descendant living in the Bahamas, island called Exuma:
Thank you for your contact & interest in tracing further members of the van Romondt family.Hope all this information helps your researches & look forward to hearing about your further investigations in due course.

Diederik van Romondt, VR-descendant living in the Netherlands:
Ik ben Diederik van Romondt en ook ik ben een afstammeling van Diederik Johannes van Romondt die zich rond 1800 op Sint Maarten vestigde. Zelf ben ik 23 jaar (maandag wordt ik 24) en kom uit Den Haag, waar ik mijn hele leven al woon.
Enkele jaren geleden raakte ik ook geinteresseerd in de familiegeschiedenis van de van Romondts, wat ze deden en waar ze vandaan kwamen. In mijn familie zijn er echter niet veel verhalen bekend van de van Romondts.
Ik vind het leuk om de kennis over de familie en voorouders met je te delen en hoop je te kunnen helpen met mijn bijdrage voor het aanvullen van de familiestamboom van de van Romondts. Daarnaast vind ik het ook leuk om te weten dat ik (verre) familie heb op de Antillen en op het Amerikaanse continent, wat ik vroeger niet wist.

Dorothy Henderson living in the U.S.A.:
How great that you've shown up. I'm glad that I haven't changed my address as yet.

Thanks for the wonderful reactions!

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Debby Richardson (AUA)
First off all I want to congrats you for all your good
job you are doing for the family tree very interesting!

Miriam Kock-Salazar (AUA)
You are doing a great Job!

Clarence Richardson (SXM)
I surely admire this initiative you have taken to research and document the Van Romondt's Family history.

Corali Estatius (CUR)
Mi tambe ta kontentu dip or konose mas miembro di mi famia. Mi ta hanja e idea hopi great. Mi a subi e website i mi a keda asombra di tur e trabow ku boso a hasi te ainda. Good Job!

Charmaine Cannegieter (CUR)
Thank you, all the time, for your nice and interesting and most of all, entertaining e-mails about our family. It is so nice, to every time, get to know someone new from our family branch.
Thanks for the very nice pictures, they are so great!!! Thanks for doing this all and for updating the database.It was fun having you here with us! I agree with the others, you are doing a extremely wonderful job and you can be proud of what you have achieved this far. I wish you all the success in the world achieving your goal and hope we can be of any help in the meantime. I

Annette Cannegieter (CUR)
Danki pa e info. Ta mustra hopi interesante. Spera ku bo tin mas pa manda.

Henny Cannegieter (CUR)
Malaki, thank you for your kindness and such valuable info you gave us.
It was fun! Remember you are always welcome.I really appreciate the work you're doing on our stamboom, its so interesting.

Tara Cannegieter (CUR)
First of all I want to thank you for your wonderful last weeks and today’s email message. I was not able to respond to you earlier. It is so beautiful to read that someone in this amazing family-tree (YOU) are collecting so much information. Thanks for the good and very valuable work.

Diederik van Romondt (HOL)
Bedankt voor je bericht en de informatie die je hebt gevonden.Nogmaals bedankt voor alles, veel sterkte en we mailen.In de eerste plaats wil ik je bedanken voor het initiatief dat je neemt om de complete West-Indische tak van de van Romondt familie te onderzoeken en de stamboom compleet te maken, ondanks de drukke baan die je ernaast hebt.Nogmaals hartstikke bedankt voor dit mooie initiatief.

Valerie Brown (CUR)
Bo ta un pilar hopi fuerte den e famia aki i Dios lo bendishonabu ku hopi kosnan bunita.

Dorothy Henderson (U.S.A.)
Good luck on your attempt to do a family tree. I continue to be excited by this whole vanRomondt thing that you have started.
I am so happy that you are doing this project. Whenever you are finished with it (oh, my how could I say that, one is never finished with genealogy) I will be tied in to a long line of people, how exciting.
I am so happy that you are doing this work. You have no idea what it means to me to connect with my vast family throughout the world. Thank you, thank you for doing this work for all of us.

Egon van Romondt (CAN)
I think that it's great that you are gathering research on the van Romondt's. I'm looking forward to viewing the online database once you launch it.

More reactions regarding the research & web blog

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Maxwell Brown, CUR:
Waw, thanks for beeing so busy !!!! I can just say waw.
Your doing an amazing job. I don't know how I can help. So just say it.

Mientje Illis-Brown, SXM:
First and foremost I would like to thank you for starting this humongous project. Congrats for pulling this off.

Leo Richardson, U.S.A.:
Keep up the good work and God bless.

Lewis van Romondt, AUA:
Very good and good organised

lyanne Beaujon, AUA:
You are "TheBest" Iam very proud of you ! Your reseasrch of the VR Family is very important for the family and above all for the history of St.Maarten! Pabienandkeepit up! Hopi hopi Exito meisje.

Karin Mitschele, USA:
I want to tell you what a great job you are doing!

Ingrid Gumbs, HOL:
Wat een werk , wat een inzet ! . Het resultaat is dan ook fantastisch. Gefeliciteerd Malaki !
Ik heb even naar de site gekeken. Het ziet er hee lprofessioneel uit. Ik en beniewd wie erop gaat reageren. als ik meer tijd heb zal ik de site naar willekeurig naamgenoten mailen die ik op het internet zal treffen. Dit deze willekeurig wijze kan ook verrassende resultaten geven.

Mederica.Marshall-Marlin, SXM:
Keep up the good work!

Aparna de Weever, USA:
So nice to hear from you about all of your interesting work!

Yolanda Richardson, Aruba:
Great job, Malaki.I'm proud of u.I would like to help but it's overwhelming what you have done.
Greetings and congratulations

Juliette Bryson, SXM:
I must say I admire your passion,patience and perservarence WOW what a great job you have done so far and is continue to do. I have been sitting here for more than two hours reading and catching up to all the work you have done.I am wondering if I would be able to stand up. I came across a photo of my tante Rosemond and oom niki holding their grand child.
Keep up the good work. Amazing, Amazing work you have done.. May God continue to bless you and guide you with your endeavors.

Dashill Kock, HOL:
It’s really great what your doing. I’m learning more about my family.
But greatings to you and I am happy with what you are doing.
I hoop you can keep me up to date

Thank you
God bless

Leo Richardson, USA:
I am very happy to have received your newsletter and I am excited about your project. My family and myself wish you the best of luck in your research.

Maryori Cannegieter, VEN:
TU TRABAJO ES MUY VALIOSO Y YO LO APRECIO. NOSOTROS TAMBIEN ESTAMOS MUY CONTENTOS POR QUE TU HAZ LOGRADO UNIR A LA FAMILIA CON MUCHO TRABAJO Y TE LO AGRADECEMOS.RECIBE NUESTRO CARIÑO.HOLA MALAKI TENGO MUCHA EMOCION POR TODO LO QUE ESTAS HACIENDO CON LA FAMILIA CANNEGIETER ES MUY BONITO.

Sharlisa Peterson, U.S.A:
malaki i miss you so much... youre the best i cant wait to see you....

Reactions from descendants regarding the Research & Web Blog

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Guys thank you once again for all your support! Several descendants & contacts send a little note:

Ingrid Gumbs, The Netherlands:
Congratulations.It looks really professional!

Rob van Ruremonde, the Netherlands:
I searched the website and it looks great! I can imagine that it takea a whole day work to keep track of everything!

Shakira Croes, Aruba:
the weblog looks great and I can imagine the amount of work that it took to put all the pieces together. Congratulations. I hope soon we can do some follow up on thereunion to start putting the program together, asking for quotations and donations, sponsors etc. With this we can have many descendants/contacts come to the reunion in August 2008


Alita Singh, Sint Maarten N.A.:
Hello Malaki,Thanks for including me. The site looks wonderful. You can make my email available to people who may have interesting stories to tell. Email:alitasingh@gmail.com

Brian van Romondt, Aruba:
I am very proud of you!

Patti Normand, Canada:
The blog is amazing. I t is a great project and very interesting to read all the information. Thank you.I hope to be able to come to the reunion. I think it would be exciting.


Jennifer van de Greft, Israel:
Malaki, You throughly give honor to your Hebrew name!!

Lynn Daniel-Peterson, USA:
I went on the blog website and read & was brought up to date with a lot of stuff. I am planning to come for the family reunion next year, God's willing. Please let me know how the planning is going, I would love to help in any way.Keep up the good work and know you are in my prayers for all that you are doing.

Barbara-Ann Brugman-van Romondt, Curacao N.A.:
Are you finished with the (tree-house)?hahaha the family tree.I admire you so much for starting that , Malaki!
Just keep shining!

Henny Cannegieter, Curacao N.A.
Thanks for so much effort and dedication with love. When you visit Curacao, feel free to contact me.


Jean van Romondt, Aruba:
Hi, Malaki let us know when we can meet! Thanks and good luck see you soon!

Rafaela Valerio, U.S.A.:
I'm sorry I have not yet responded to your email as yet. I do want to take the time is was a pleasure seeing you again AI really loved the fact that you stay close with family, because family is very important to me. We will be planning a trip very soon with my family and show my husband my roots. Any time you come please make sure that we get together again and so we can even have a better time than the last one.
My regards, I love you guys!


Indra Janki, Holland:
Mijn complimenten voor het opzetten van de familiestamboom. Je nieuwsbrieven zien er heel er mooi en professioneel uit!

Keturah de Weever, Sint Maarten N.A.:
GREAT JOB!


Elsje, Sint Maarten Heritage Foundation/ Museum Sint Maarten N.A.:
Thanks for enabling me to watch the site.
I printed it out and put it in the reference library.
I keep my eyes open and let you know as soon as I get more info
Good luck with your endeavors. It is quite a job you have done!


Natasia Richardson, Holland:
I have read your messages and wonted to tell you that it is great to know where we come from and where our roots lie. Hopefully this will help you in your search to find more relatives.Thank you for everything.Greetings.

Lynn Daniel, U.S.A:
I went on the blog website and read & was brought up to date with a lot of stuff. I am planning to come for the family reunion next year, God's willing. Keep up the good work and know you are in my prayers for all that you are doing. Blessings & love.

Barbara Ann Brugman-van Romondt, Curacao N.A.:
Thanks for your hard work!
May God continue to bless you in your quest for our family-tree.
with love!


Heather Nielsen, U.K.:
Regards and keep up the good work.

Andreina van Romondt, Holland:

Hallo Malaki,
Ma wak e site, e ta kedando hopi great.
Tin un family tree tambe?
Take care!

Leona Cannegieter, U.S.A.:
Just wanted to let you know that You are doing a wonderful job follwing
up on the family- We really need more people in the world like you
You're doing a gr-*888 job. Love always!


Daphne & Peter van Schendel-Labega, Curacao N.A.:
Onze bewondering voor je werklust.Groeten!
Dear Malaki, I have been following you from a distance and I have a good bit of information from my files which I am putting together. I hope to
send you this soon. Good whishes for you for the new year and lots of love.

Eva Maruja Cannegieter, U.S.A.
Thanks for all the information and the beautiful job you have done in your proyect; we hope to see you any time other wise I will see you in my father birthday next year.

Ellie Richardson, Holland:
Je hebt het ver geschopt, anto hopi pasenshi, wel leuk.

Daniel Smothergill, U.S.A.:
Congratulations on the newsletter! May it flourish for many years.
It makes me think about how to tap into the VR database, share information, and increase what we know. One suggestion would be to focus on an individual ancestor in each newsletter. For example, what we know (and don't know) about Ann Hassell would be an article with wide appeal to many descendants. Keep up the good work and let me know if I can help.