Let me introduce you to a relatively new book about the Dutch settlers in New York:<\/p>\n
Dutch New York:\u00a0 The Roots of the Hudson Valley Culture.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Edited by Roger Panetta.\u00a0 2009.\u00a0 Prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Hudson River Museum with the support of Westchester County and Fordham University Press.<\/p>\n This very interesting volume is a series of 13 chapters on varying aspects of the culture through the Hudson Valley from influences of slavery, commerce, Indian villages, architecture, the romantic tradition in literature, historical documents and artifacts, family traditions, and even Santa Claus.<\/p>\n Dutch influences in America:<\/strong><\/p>\n The book is richly illustrated with paintings and historical views from the exhibition.\u00a0 And each essay is based upon copious footnotes–which, as you know, is of great interest to me.\u00a0 These notes identify in considerable detail the sources from which each author draws conclusions.\u00a0 Footnotes also allow each author to share specific differences among the sources and why the differences are significant.<\/p>\n When I begin to study a book, I look for its source background.\u00a0 What original records has the author found, that have not been used to document a family tree?\u00a0 I make notes on individual calendar sheets for those sources, so I can look them up.<\/p>\n Does the Family History Library have them in their collection? If not, can I find the references on the internet–at Google Books or similar sites?<\/p>\n Does the University of Utah have the references in their catalog?\u00a0 This university library is one of the largest in the United States and has ample parking for former students.\u00a0 They also participate in a statewide book delivery system enabling me to draw on the resources of other university and college libraries in Utah.<\/p>\n Recall that I am interested in finding the original sources<\/strong>, not just studies based upon those records.\u00a0 Original sources that could provide the very answers about hard-to-find ancestors that my clients have hired me to find.\u00a0 Many primary sources for the background of American genealogies have been printed in scholarly editions or issued under the auspices of national governments.<\/p>\n Original sources that can demonstrate why the ancestors appear in some records and do not appear in others.\u00a0 Sources that can link ancestors from one place to another and from one family to another.<\/p>\n This book is a beginning for Dutch ancestors<\/strong> coming first to New York, and from there spilling into New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania and through the southern counties of Pennsylvania which became Delaware and out west into Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.\u00a0 I have even discovered some that traveled into Tennessee and Kentucky.<\/p>\n Enjoy–your favorite New York genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n PS\u00a0 Watch for the announcement of my new blog on the Scots Irish.\u00a0 Launch date will be very soon.<\/p>\n PPS\u00a0 How can a spell-check program consider internet a foreign word?\u00a0 In 2012, almost 2013?\u00a0 Amazing. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let me introduce you to a relatively new book about the Dutch settlers in New York: Dutch New York:\u00a0 The Roots of the Hudson Valley Culture.\u00a0 Edited by Roger Panetta.\u00a0 2009.\u00a0 Prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Hudson River … Continue reading \n
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