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Flemish Belgian and Dutch. Dutch seems not to capitalize the H, but don't know why that would be?
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It means "dweller by an alder tree" from the Middle Dutch 'helst'. It can also denote someone who was from one of the various places called Elst. Verhelst is a contracted form of van der Helst.
For surnames surnames.behindthename.com is usually more useful.
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For surnames surnames.behindthename.com is usually more useful.
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This message was edited 9/4/2005, 9:13 AM
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