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Subject: Re: Origin of surname Roelofse
Author: Marc   (Authenticated as picard)
Date: April 2, 2008 at 5:58:39 PM
Reply to: Origin of surname Roelofse by polyglot7
There are a few Roelofses in Norway but many, many more in the Netherlands as you can see at http://infobel.com/en/world/WorldTeldir.aspx?page=/eng/euro so the odds are that your ancestors came from Holland. However, only a genealogical study would definitely confirm or disconfirm this.

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