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New Netherland, New York Genealogy New Netherland Settlers Books now available!: Ships Passenger Lists to New York 500 voyages to and from New Netherland (New York) Cemetery Records (Cemetery, Obits) Census Records Church Records (B, D, M) City Directories Land & Mortgage Records Military Records Wills & Probate Records New Netherland History Ancestor Signatory hand marks Translation of words in Church records Understanding Patronymics Dutch Names & Nicknames Glossary of Dutch Words Ancient Dutch Occupations New Netherland Settlers 17th Century Ancestor Registry Dutch & English translations for Occupations Life in 17th Century Amsterdam Online Books Research in the Netherlands Miscellaneous Genealogy [ Mailing Lists] [Societies & Journals] [Dictionary & Definitions] [Olive Tree Library] [Help] [Links] New Netherland Genealogy & History Links History of the Settlement of New Netherland ° RussellShorto.com Russell Shorto, author of "The Island at the Center of the World" ° Henry Hudson's 1609 Voyage on De Haeve Maen Henry Hudson, in command of the East India Company ship Halve Maen, explores from Delaware Bay to the upper Hudson as far as present-day Albany ° Timeline for New Netherland Exploration and Settlement ° History of the Half Moon (Haeve Maen) and New Netherland by New Netherland Museum ° Images of the Half Moon (Haeve Maen) ° Charter of the Dutch West India Company 1621 part of The Avalon Project ° The Purchase of Manhatten Island The Peter Schaghen Letter °  The People of Colonial Albany Live Here The Colonial Albany Project -- don't miss this! ° The Dutch and Swedish settlements in North America ° Brief Outline of Dutch History and the New Netherlands Colony General Information Relating to New Netherland ° New Netherland Project Their primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth - century colony of New Netherland ° The Holland Society of New York The Holland Society was founded in New York City in 1885 to collect information respecting the settlement and history of New Netherland. Its main objective is to find and preserve documentation about the inhabitants' lives and times so as to elucidate the political, social, and religious patterns in the Dutch colony. ° New York Genealogical and Biographical Society ° Papers of Jacob Leisler Under the direction of Dr. David William Voorhees, The Leisler Papers is collecting, transcribing, and translating the entire extant public and private correspondence of ill-fated New York governor Jacob Leisler (1640-1691) ° Failure of the West India Company Farming on Manhattan an Essay Maps ° 1639 Map of New Netherland ° 1660 Map of New Netherland ° 1675 Map of New Netherland Collections, Books & Other Available Sources for Research See my lengthy list of online New Netherland/New York Books on The Olive Tree Genealogy Primary Source Records Online Census (& Census Substitutes) The Olive Tree Genealogy's 400 PLUS Census Records for New York Church Records The Olive Tree Genealogy's Church Records for New York Cemetery Records The Olive Tree Genealogy's Cemetery Records for New York Military Records ENTIRE STATE Palatines in New York 1710 Volunteers Against Canada 1711 Lt. 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Includes form letters in Dutch, and translations of Dutch words in genealogical documents ° Genealogy Links in the Netherlands A wonderfully detailed collection of resources in the Netherlands, and many other features, all designed to help you find your ancestors in Netherlands. Another "don't miss it" page. ° Schenectady County Historical Society °  NY Public Library section on U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy

 
 

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