In 2005 the NYG&B Collection acquired 199 reels of microfilm containing the famous “Walloon Index” or Collection des Fiches of the Bibliothèque Wallonne in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The Calendar and Colonial New York
All colonial genealogists learn that Britain and its colonies changed from the old style (Julian) calendar to the new style (Gregorian) calendar on January 1,1752.
Researching New York Dutch Families: A Checklist Approach
As anyone who has worked on colonial New York or New Jersey families can tell you, researching families whose baptisms, marriages and burials occur in Dutch Reformed Church records can be quite rewarding.
Hoffman's 'Settlers From The Netherlands In America Before 1700'
Between 1932 and 1954 the Record published many brilliant articles by William J. Hoffman on the Dutch origins of early New York families.
The Original Families of New Netherland
This year [1999] marks the 375th anniversary of the arrival in New Netherland of the first two ships carrying permanent European settlers to the colony.
Digitizing Dutch Records at the New York State Archives
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Colonial, Dutch, NYSA
This blog post is based on an article by James D. Folts, PhD, FGBS and Monica Gray, entitled "Dutch Records at the New York State Archives and the Current Digitization Project" in the most recent issue of the New York Researcher.