New Netherland Genealogy
History[edit | edit source]
New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland) was the former Dutch colony on the east coast of North America founded 1614 or 1615. It included parts of what are now the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maryland.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- Gwenn F. Epperson, New Netherlands Roots (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1994.)[FHL book 974.7 D27e] A step-by step guide explaining how to use the Family History Library to find European place of origin for settlers of the New Netherland. Numerous New Netherland sources, European indexes, gazetteers, maps, church records and other resources are carefully described.
- "NA Baptisms 1639-1730" in RootsWeb at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Erbillard/na_baptisms_1639-1730.htm (accessed 4 November 2008). New Amsterdam (New York City) Dutch Reformed Church christenings.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "New Netherland" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland (accessed 4 November 2008).