Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: BatGuano
You realize that there are still some old Dutch churches left. Many descendants of Dutch colonists were farming in southern Brooklyn through the 1940s:


34 posted on 08/16/2008 9:26:28 PM PDT by Clemenza (No Comment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]


To: Clemenza
Yes, I do. My ancestors moved over to New Jersey after a few generations in Brooklyn. There is a genealogical society, The Holland Society of New York, whose goal is to perpetuate knowledge of the influence of the Dutch in the New World. They have a good Library, located in Manhattan.
35 posted on 08/17/2008 11:23:53 AM PDT by BatGuano (We're not playing Tidally Winks here!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson