New Netherland Workshop
California Genealogical Society
August 13, 2011 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Introduction and Program Overview
I. The New Netherland Colony
Geography and Time Line
Population
Colony After 1664
Summary
II. Research -- Sources
General
Dutch Customs (such as Naming Patterns)
Problems with New Netherland Records
Traditional Sources
Periodicals
Books
David Riker’s Directory to Persons in New Netherland
Church Records
Passenger Lists
Government Records
Court Records
Land Records
Other
III. Research -- Location of Material
Libraries
Internet Sources
IV. Discussion
New Netherland
-- Timeline
1609
Henry Hudson explores Region
1621
Dutch West India Company (“WIC”) Formed
1624
First Permanent Settlers arrive
1626
Manhattan Island purchased for 60 florins
1628
First Patroonship Plan approved by WIC
1630
Kiliean van Rensselaer forms Patroonship of Rensselaerswyck
1639
WIC abandons Fur Trade Monopoly
1643- 1645 Indian Wars (Kieft’s War)
1647
Pieter Stuyvesant becomes Director General
1650
Treaty of Harford establishes boundaries on Long Island
1654
Dutch Colony in Brazil closed
1655
New Sweden Annexed as New Amstel
1655
Peach Tree War
1659-60 First Esopus War
1663 Second Esopus War
1664 Dutch Surrender New Netherland to English and renamed New York
1673 Dutch Recapture New Netherland, renamed New Orange
1674 Second Treaty of Westminster returns Colony to England (12 January 1675)
August 2011
New Netherland Workshop
California Genealogical Society
August 13, 2011 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
References
The New Netherland Institute has an extensive bibliography of New Netherland material on
their website,
http://www.nnp.org/nni /Res ea rch%20&%20Educa ti on/bi bl i ogra phy.html
The following are some of the sources that may be cited by the speakers:
General
1. Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World, (Doubleday, New York, NY
2004).
2. Henri and Barbara van der Zee,A Sweet and Alien Land, The Story of Dutch New York,
(Viking Press, New York, NY 1978).
3. Jaap Jacobs, New Netherland, A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-CenturyAmerica, (Brill,
Leiden-Boston 2005).
There is a shorter version published byCornell University in 2009.
Naming Patterns
1. Rosalie F. Bailey, Dutch Systems in Family Naming, New York-NewJersey, (NGS,
Washington, DC 1986).
CS2529B35 1986
2. Gwenn F. Epperson, New Netherland Roots, (GPC, Baltimore, MD 1994).
Sources
1. David M. Riker, Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons inNew
Netherland, 4 Volumes, (Salem, MA 1999). CD Version: New Netherland Vital Records,
1600’s (Family Tree Maker’s Archives CD #11)
2. David M. Riker, Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons inNew Netherland
from 1613 to 1674, 2004 Supplement(2004),
3. “Pasengers to New Netherland 1654-1664,” Yearbook of the Holland Society of New
York 1902, (New York, NY 1902), page 1 et seq.
4. Berthold Fernow (ed.), The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 AnnoDomni,
7 Volumes, (New York, NY 1897, reprinted Baltimore MD 1976)
5. A.J.F. van Laer (trans. and ed.), Van Rensselaer Bovier Manuscripts, (Albany, NY 1908)
6. I.N. Phelps Stokes, (ed.), Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909) 6 Volumes,
(New York, NY 1915-28).
7. Janny Venema, Beverwijck, (Albany, NY 2003)
New Netherland – Internet Resources
August 2011
New Netherland Institute
http://www.nnp.org/
New Netherland and Beyond
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/
New York Colonial Vital Records (Church Records)
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rbillard/vital_statistics.htm
New York G & B Society (Membership)
http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/
New England Hist. Gen. Society (Membership)
http://www.americanancestors.org
California Genealogical Society (Membership)
http://www.californiaancestors.org/
RootsWeb --Dutch Colonies
[email protected] (mailing list – free subscription)
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/Dutch-Colonies
Olive Tree Genealogy
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/
Columbia University (Stokes)
http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/avery/spotlights/stokes.htmlwww.bit.ly/a4Tf96
Colonial Albany Project Sources
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/sources.html
Also: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/pcalhindex.html#biographies
Dutch Grammar
http://rabbel.nl/crashcourse.html
New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org/
Sutro Library Catalog (Part of CA State Library)
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F?RN=554540208
NY State Historical Association
http://www.nysha.org/nysha/research.library
Holland Society
http://www.hollandsociety.com/
New York State Library (Historical Documents)
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/scandocs/historical.htm