DescriptionPortrait of Jacob D. Van Winkle, active citizen in the founding of Hudson County in 1840, serving terms as Freeholder and its first County Collector. Ancestor of local historian Daniel Van Winkle.
DescriptionIn this article, William Z. Shetter compares and contrasts the dialects that developed between different Dutch colonies in the New World. He explores in-depth the nuances of Jersey Dutch, and...
DescriptionWPA historic buildings survey photo of house said to have been built circa 1740 on farmland belonging to the Van Vorst family, in what was later Hudson City, now the Heights section of Jersey City...
Description1970s photo of house said to have been built circa 1740 on farmland belonging to the Van Vorst family, in what was later Hudson City, now the Heights section of Jersey City just west of Hoboken. ...
DescriptionPhoto of grandmother and grandson in front of mantle, with long descriptive caption by Jersey City historian J. Owen Grundy about the family's history. Text provides example of how Dutch naming...
DescriptionThird of three volumes in which the Holland Society published the records of the Bergen Reformed Church. This volume lists church members, officers and burials from 1666 to 1788, with index, along...
DescriptionYoung women hold shields with the names of the towns that became part of Jersey City, including the old Dutch settlements of Paulus Hook, Van Vorst and Bergen, and the later (largely German) Hudson...
DescriptionFirst of three volumes in which the Holland Society published the records of the Bergen Reformed Church. This volume lists baptisms from 1666 to 1788, with index, along with a church history. Balance...
DescriptionCard with printed invitation on the front, designed to look like an old document with corporation seal and anniversary ribbon depicted. Back of card lists events and activities at various locations,...
