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TitleCornelius Van Vorst, circa 1620
Date Created1620
DescriptionPhotograph of contemporary portrait by Frans Hals of Cornelius Van Vorst, pioneering Dutch settler of the New Netherland colony. Both he and his descendants played a prominent part in the history of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Many Worlds Meet (to 1620)
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TitleNew Amsterdam Family Names and Their Origin
AuthorFernow, Berthold
Date Created1898
DescriptionBeginning with a comparison of Native American and European naming customs, this booklet discusses the derivations of the patronymics found in the index to the "Records of New Amsterdam." Several of...
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TitleThe Hidden Child
Date Created2007
DescriptionOf the 1,600,000 Jewish children who lived in Europe before World War II, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden children, shuttered away in attics, cellars, convents or in villages or...
Target AudienceTV-G (general audience)
Target AudienceGeneral
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleHistory and Genealogy of the Vreeland Family
AuthorVreeland, Nicholas Garretson
Date Created1909
DescriptionHistory of one of the prominent families in Hudson County history. Begins with an overview of Netherlands history, then of the Dutch settlements on the west bank of the Hudson. Contrasts Dutch and...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleGenealogical Notes on the Smock Family in the United States: From Genealogical Registers, Local Histories, Church Records. Family Records, State Archives, and MSS. in the Possession of the Compiler
AuthorSmock, John C. (John Conover)
Date Created1922
DescriptionTraces descendants for Hendrick Matthyse Smock and Guertje Harmens, from their immigration from Netherlands and settlement in New Utrecht, NY (now part of Brooklyn). Record of marriages and births for...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleGenealogy of the Van Winkle Family, Account of its Origin and Settlement in this Country, with Data 1630-1913: Van Winkle Record
AuthorVan Winkle, Daniel
Date Created1913
Description300 page genealogical listing of Van Winkle family in America, with name index, compiled by Jersey City historian David Van Winkle. Entries list only birth, death and marriage information, without...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleBi-Centennial Celebration, 1699-1899, Reformed Church of the Navesink and its Two Branches: First Reformed Church of Freehold, now known as the Brick Church of Marlboro, N.J. and the Reformed Church of Holmdel, formerly known as the White Meeting House, Tuesday, October 24, 1899
Date Created1899
DescriptionHistory of three churches in Monmouth County, NJ. Histories of the two "branch" churches, plus an extensive historical discourse that relates the general history of the Reformed Church, and the...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleThe Colonization and Subsequent History of New Jersey: A Discourse Pronounced Before the Young Men's Association of New Brunswick on the 1st of December, 1842
AuthorLawrence, William Beach
Date Created1843
DescriptionDetailed history of the settlement of New Jersey by European immigrants in the 1600s and 1700s, principally New Netherlands and New Sweden. Relations of colonies with governments of mother countries,...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleHistorical Discourse on Occasion of the Reopening and Dedication of the Reformed (Dutch) Church of Pompton Plains: Pompton Plains Memorial
AuthorSchenck, John Van Neste
Date Created1872
DescriptionHistory of church begins with a history of settlement by Dutch immigrants from established settlements of former New Netherlands, beginning in 1695. Describes native inhabitants and the deeds obtained...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)