Keesing

Surnames are a link with the past, generally reflecting people's cultural heritage. Research of the Keesing name has identified in Amsterdam municipal records spellings such as Caizy, Cashy, Caysha, Kayse, Kaysha, Kazshe, Keese, Kesin, Keesing, Keezing, or Keesje. There was no standard spelling. Any offical who needed to write it would write our name as it sounded to him, in his language. Being Jewish it should be realised that the traditional  Jewish form of identification used the father's first name rather than the standard European surname.