Trip to the “Old Country” to Visit Ancestral Home in Holland

By: Thomas P. Bogart In search of my ancestral roots, I traveled to The Netherlands in late June 2019 with my wife, Cheryl, to visit my ancestral home in a tiny village called Schoonrewoerd.  Schoonrewoerd is now part of Vijfheerenlanden, which literally means “land with five Lords.” It is a municipality in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. TheContinue reading Trip to the “Old Country” to Visit Ancestral Home in Holland

Russell Shorto & Len Tantillo: Imagining New Amsterdam

Russell Shorto & Len Tantillo, “Imagining New Amsterdam” June 22, St Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003Talk at 1pm. $10. Register here. Follow the event’s Facebook page. Four centuries ago, Dutch traders, Native Americans, Africans and others collaborated and clashed in lower Manhattan. In this visually compelling program artist Len Tantillo and author RussellContinue reading Russell Shorto & Len Tantillo: Imagining New Amsterdam

Just Published!

Vol. 91, No. 3, Fall 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Corner Dutch Colonization’s Disruption of the Hudson Valley’s Native Landscapeby Jason R. Sellers The Delius Patent and Rock Regeoby Rudy VanVeghtenHere and There in New Netherland StudiesSociety ActivitiesIn Memoriam