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====Dutch and Walloons====
====Dutch and Walloons====


The Dutch West India Company made settlements at New Amsterdam (New York City) and Ft. Orange (Albany) in 1624 and 1625. Later settlements were at Beverwyck (outside Fort Orange), Esopus (Kingston), and western Long Island. In 1664 the English captured New Netherland and renamed it New York.
The Holland Society of New York (est. 1885) can assist you in tracing your New York Dutch ancestry. To learn more, visit their [http://www.hollandsociety.org/index1.html website].
Many Dutch families of New York can be found in:
*Epperson, Gwenn F. ''New Netherland Roots.'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|651271|title-id|disp=974.7 D27e}}.) Discusses and quotes examples from passenger lists, early government records, marriage registers, church records, and court records of New Netherland. Also discusses early Dutch, German, Belgian, French, and Scandinavian sources.
*Macy, Harry and Elva Kathleen Lyon. "Origins of Some New Netherland Families," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'', Vol. 123, No. 1 (Jan. 1992):17-24; Vol. 123, No. 2 (Apr. 1992):93-96; Vol. 123, No. 3 (Jul. 1992):167-168; Vol. 127, No. 4 (Oct. 1996):202-204. Digital version at [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 123}}.
*Macy, Harry and Elva Kathleen Lyon. "Origins of Some New Netherland Families," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'', Vol. 123, No. 1 (Jan. 1992):17-24; Vol. 123, No. 2 (Apr. 1992):93-96; Vol. 123, No. 3 (Jul. 1992):167-168; Vol. 127, No. 4 (Oct. 1996):202-204. Digital version at [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 123}}.
*''Noord Amerika Chronologie (North American Chronology).'' See [[New York Probate Records]].
*''Noord Amerika Chronologie (North American Chronology).'' See [[New York Probate Records]].
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