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*Reeve, Vera. compiler. ''Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors: The National Huguenot Society''. Third Edition, Washington, DC: the Society, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|55570|title-id|disp=973 D2rq}}.) Genealogies and sources. See also the 1995 supplement (Family History Library book {{FHL|771567|title-id|disp=973 D2rq 1992 suppl}}.){{dead link}} | *Reeve, Vera. compiler. ''Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors: The National Huguenot Society''. Third Edition, Washington, DC: the Society, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|55570|title-id|disp=973 D2rq}}.) Genealogies and sources. See also the 1995 supplement (Family History Library book {{FHL|771567|title-id|disp=973 D2rq 1992 suppl}}.){{dead link}} | ||
'''Germans'''. German "Palatines" came in 1709/10 to the upper Hudson Valley, near present-day Germantown, Columbia County. Many soon after migrated to the Schoharie Valley. Before 1776 Germans and Dutch settled the Mohawk Valley. Henry "Hank" Jones is the leading expert on | '''Germans'''. German "Palatines" came in 1709/10 to the upper Hudson Valley, near present-day Germantown, Columbia County. Many soon after migrated to the Schoharie Valley. Before 1776 Germans and Dutch settled the Mohawk Valley. Immigrants in this group include Valentin Bresseler (ancestor of Elvis Presley) and Jost Hite "Baron of the Shenandoah."<ref name="hank" /> Henry "Hank" Jones is the leading expert on these immigrants. He has identified the origins of 600 of the 847 Palatine families involved in this migration.<ref name="hank">Henry Z. Jones Jr., "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," ''The American Genealogist,'' Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):46-62.</ref> His findings have been published: | ||
*Jones, Henry Z., Jr. ''The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710''. Two Volumes. Universal City, California: Henry Z. Jones, 1985. (Family History Library book {{FHL|237941|title-id|disp=974.7 D2j}}.) May include births, marriages, deaths, and source citations. | *Jones, Henry Z., Jr. ''The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710''. Two Volumes. Universal City, California: Henry Z. Jones, 1985. (Family History Library book {{FHL|237941|title-id|disp=974.7 D2j}}.) May include births, marriages, deaths, and source citations. | ||