Exploring Dutch Heritage Through Research 

Exploring Dutch Heritage Through Research 

Documents & Translations

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PDF – Volume 5 – Council Minutes, 1652-1654 translation (scanned book images) The council minutes document civil and criminal cases, as well as executive and...

Translation from Van Laer, Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, pp. 137-153
Image: Title page of the “Freedoms and Exemptions,” published in 1630.

This collection comprises a great variety of papers, including journals of voyages, deeds, leases, contracts, accounts and inventories of cattle; but the most important item...

Translation from Van Laer, Register of the Provincial Secretary, Volume II, 1642-1647, doc. 111b, pgs. 223-224 This day, date underwritten, before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of...

Volume V – Council Minutes, 1652–1654 PDF – Volume 5 – Council Minutes, 1652-1654 translation (scanned book images) The council minutes document civil and criminal...

Translation from Gehring, Council Minutes, Volume V, 1652-1654, doc. 17, pgs. 11-12 [Monday the 12th of February 1652 at Fort Amsterdam, present the director-general, La Montagne and...

Church Records Old Bergen Church, Jersey City BAPTISMS from 1 January 1666 to 1 February 1789. Translation: HSY, (1913) 20-108 MARRIAGES from 3 December 1665...

15 November 1664. Letter. “Vice-director Beck to Stuyvesant; negro children whom Mrs. Stuyvesant had baptized, sent to Curaçao and then sold through mistake to the...

Translation from Van Laer, Council Minutes, Volume IV, 1638-1649, doc. 183, pg. 212-213 The 25th of February We, Willem Kieft, director general, and the council...

Translation from Van Laer, Register of the Provincial Secretary, Volume III, 1648-1660, doc. 30b, pg. 82 Before me, Cornells van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared...

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About New Netherland Institute

For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

About New Netherland Institute

For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.