The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society just announced an exciting new project. They launched a multiyear project to develop detailed, peer-reviewed sketches of all the people residing in New Netherland prior to 1664.
I am proud to announce that I will be one of the researchers on the project. I will prepare sketches, review and select source material, and advise the project about the information architecture and direction, and scope.
View of New Amsterdam, 1665
I will be working on the project part-time and will continue to do projects for other clients, though with reduced hours.
See the announcement at the NYG&B website.
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Congrats! You will be a great adviser for this! I always learn something from your posts!
I’m wondering how soon you will be doing a sketch of Jacob Walichs/Walingen/Van Winkel. He arrived on the Orangenboom in 1625. I have the baptismal records of his first three children in Hoorn. This was during one of several trips back to the Netherlands. The Van Winkle Y-DNA Group Project has identified his haplogroup, if this would be of interest.
If we can document him in the New Netherland colony before 1664, he’s in scope!
So glad I found this!
Great project, congratulations Yvette!
Good luck with the new project
If only the late Lorine McGinnis Schultz could have seen this project. Her Olive Tree genealogy website had much info on the early New Amsterdam settlers — https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/ !!
Yes! Thankfully she published her research in a series of books. I worked with her on several of her projects.
Congratulations Yvette. So looking forward to this project.
Congratulations Yvette. Sounds like a fabulous project!
Congratulations on your endeavor. Wishing your much success and happy hunting.
I am a descendant of Jacobus Backer (Baker) and Margariete Stuyvesant. I am not an authoritative source, but I can put you in touch with another descendant who knows much more than I do. I can provide that info to you through email, if you are interested. Thank you.