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.
Kings County Colonial Church Records
From Our eLibrary: New York, New Amsterdam Minutes Of The Orphanmasters 1655-1663
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Colonial, Dutch
The eLibrary contains the two volumes entitled Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663,translated and edited by former New York State archivist Berthold Fernow and published in 1902.
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.