DUTCH AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY: SELECTED TITLES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Compiled by Lee V. Douglas CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION. ............................................................................................................................... 1 II. ARCHIVES........................................................................................................................................... 3 III. DUTCH NAMES.................................................................................................................................. 7 IV. HANDBOOKS...................................................................................................................................... 8 V. IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA......................................................................................................... 8 VI. RECORDS .......................................................................................................................................... 24 VII. STATES .............................................................................................................................................. 42 I. INTRODUCTION More than 20,000,000 Americans trace their ancestry to the Dutch-speaking Low Countries. Indeed, the Dutch were among the first Europeans to set foot in North America in the 17th Century. The Island of Manhattan became a Dutch colony from which explorers spread Dutch influence along the whole eastern coast of the continent. When the waves of immigrants came two hundred years later, they found many settlements already established. In 1654, New Amsterdam offered refuge to Sephardic Jews from Brazil whose ancestors had been expelled from Spain in 1492. The newcomers built a synagogue which, when New Amsterdam became New York, was the first synagogue in the United States. In the mid to late nineteenth century, many people in New York still spoke Dutch at home. The immigration waves of the nineteenth century brought thousands of Dutch to the United States escaping famine, political and religious discontent, and economic troubles. These Dutch immigrants settled primarily in the Midwest states and on the West coast. The end of World War II brought an additional wave of Dutch fleeing war-torn Europe. In considering the facts of Dutch-American immigration, local history and genealogy, the compiler has identified handbooks, bibliographies, directories, collections of documents, family histories, inventories of archives, published records, and local histories from the collections of the Library of Congress. The compiler then divided these selected titles into several categories: Archives, Dutch Names, Handbooks, Immigration to America, Records, and States. In some cases, titles belong in more than one category, but we list them only once. Under “States” one will find histories of Dutch-American settlement, but under “Records” or “Archives” there may be registers of names from churches or fraternal organizations for the same states. Under “Dutch Names,” the reader will find a listing of books analyzing Dutch surnames and etymologies, while titles focusing on the Dutch immigration experience, the bulk of the materials listed, will be found under “Dutch Immigration.” A perusal of the complete list is, therefore, advisable. Please note also that the full text of some of the titles found here is available online. One need only call up the title on the Library’s online catalog and click on the link. The intent of this compilation is twofold, to call the researcher’s attention to the carefully selected titles listed, and, further, to provide a means of finding additional works on the same subject. In the Library of Congress Online Catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov), the “Full Record” for any work will list “Subjects.” By clicking on a “Subject” the researcher will be taken to other titles on his/her area of interest. Since catalogers do not always assign identical subject headings, indeed many books cover several subjects, it is strongly recommended that the researcher do as many subject searches as possible. One may find ten titles bearing precisely on one’s interest, when several more searches may turn up a hundred equally suitable. The Library provides many other resources for the researcher searching Dutch American genealogies. Under “Bibliographies and Guides,”( http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/bibguide.html) on the Local History and Genealogy Reading Room web page (http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy), the researcher may find relevant works in 400 Years of Daily Life in America (http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/400years.pdf) and possibly in other bibliographies and guides listed. “American Memory”(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html) provides a treasure trove of full-text books, journals and photographs. The heading “Immigration, American Expansion” lists twelve collections. Please note the biographies gathered by the WPA (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpamap.html), with a map on which one can click on the particular state of interest. Other American Memory collections that are of interest to Dutch American researcher include: The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html) The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html) Pioneering the Upper Midwest (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html) American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lhtnhtml/lhtnhome.html) 2 It is our intent to aid Americans of Dutch descent, as well as those who want to know more about this current of American history. II. ARCHIVES Asher, Georg Michael. A Bibliographical and Historical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets Relating to New-Netherland and to the Dutch West-India Company and to its Possessions in Brazil, Angola, etc. as also on the Maps, Charts, etc. of New-Netherland. Descriptors: New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Bibliography; West- Indische Compagnie (Netherlands); Names, Geographical; New York (State). Compiled from the Dutch public and private libraries and from the collection of Frederik Muller in Amsterdam.; Label mounted on t.p.: New York, W.S. Heinman.; Facsimile reproduction of the edition published in Amsterdam by, F. Muller, 1854-67. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1960; 1854. Z1317 .A812 Bogardus, William Brower. Directory of Genealogical and Historical Articles Published in "De Halve Maen" from 1923 to 1991. Descriptors: Dutch Americans New York (State) History Periodicals; Indexes; Dutch Americans History Periodicals; Dutch Americans Genealogy Periodicals; New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Periodicals; United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Periodicals. Compiled by William Brower Bogardus.; Includes index.; Halve maen Indexes. Wilmington, Ohio: Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants Association, 1992. ISBN/ISSN:0962189715. F130.D9 H34 1992 Gehring, Charles T. and Holland Society of New York. Delaware Papers (Dutch Period) : A Collection of Documents Pertaining to the Regulation of Affairs on the South River of New Netherland, 1648-1664. New York Historical Manuscripts. Descriptors: Delaware History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Sources; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) History; Dutch Americans Delaware History 17th century; Dutch Americans Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) History 17th century; Delaware; Genealogy; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.); Dutch Americans Delaware; Dutch Americans Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.); New Netherland History; New Netherland. translated and edited by Charles T. Gehring.; Spine title: Delaware papers, 1648-1664.; "Published under the direction of the Holland Society of New York."; "Volumes XVIII-XIX."; "This volume of Dutch records pertaining to the administration of the Delaware region of the New Netherland comprises translations of Volumes XVIII and XIX of the "Colonial manuscripts" in the New York State Archives. The volume numbers represent Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan's rearrangement of the original Dutch records for his Calendar of historical manuscripts, published in 1865"--P. xii.; Includes index.; Delaware papers, 1648-1664. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981. ISBN/ISSN:080630944X. F167 .D383 1981 Gehring, Charles T. and Holland Society of New York. Land Papers. New York Historical Manuscripts. Descriptors: New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Sources; Land tenure New York (State) History 17th century; New York (State); Genealogy; Dutch New York (State) History 17th century; Dutch Americans New York (State). translated and edited by Charles T. Gehring.; "Publication under the direction of the Holland Society of New York."; "Volumes GG, HH & II."; "This volume of land papers from the "Colonial manuscripts" in the New York State Archives comprises translations of three Dutch record books lettered GG, HH and II"--P. vii.; Bibliography: p. ix.; Includes index. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980. ISBN/ISSN:0806308761. F122.1 .L23 1980 3 Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam. Inventaris Van Het Familie-Archief Brants. Descriptors: Archives Netherlands Amsterdam; Catalogs; Brants family. door I. H. van Eeghen.; At head of title; Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam.; Includes indexes and summary in English. Amsterdam: Stadsdrukkerij, 1959. CD1709.5.B7 A6 Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam and J. H. van den Hoek Ostende. Inventaris Van Het