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17th Century Hollanders - Sketches of Seventeenth-Century Hollanders

Seventeenth-Century Persons Who Lived in Holland and North America: Genealogical and Historical Notes on Their Lives, Families and Activities. Original research projects by Cor Snabel and Elizabeth A. Johnson. Within these pages you will find articles on many persons from Holland and the neighboring countries near it. Many of these people came to the North American colonies in the 1600's, or had family members who did. Interesting information we would like to share here may include family and genealogical data on persons living on both sides of the Atlantic, and sometimes in Brazil or even in places in Eurpoe before they moved to Holland.

Ancestry.com - Dutch Immigrants to America, 1820-1880 $

Original source: Various Ports. Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820--1873. M575. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD, 1820--1891. M255. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA, 1820--1891. M277. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; New Orleans, Louisiana. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820--1902. M259. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; New York, New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897. M237. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, PA, 1800--1882. M425. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 $

Original source: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Micropublication M237. Rolls # 433-635. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

FamilySearch - Netherlands Passenger Lists Holland-America Line, 1900-1974 ^FREE

Passenger lists for the Holland-America Line (Holland Amerika Lijn) which transported numerous refugees from war-torn Europe to the United States prior to 1941. The passenger lists show the name of the ship, its destination, and the date it left port. The passenger's name is included along with various details of passage arrangements, fees, etc. Passenger lists are available for the following range of dates: 3 May 1900 through 14 October 1974. Original records are available through the Rotterdam City Archive (Gemeentearchief te Rotterdam), Netherlands. This collection is being published as images become available.

FamilySearch - Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Public Records ^FREE

Archives around the Netherlands have contributed indexes which cover many record sources, such as civil registration, church records, emigration lists, military registers, and land and tax records. This collection will cover events like notarial records, emigration and immigration, military enrollment and more. These indexes were originally collected, combined and published by OpenArchives. For the entire index collection and more information visit www.openarch.nl.

GenealogyMagazine.com - The Dutch Touch Upon America

An article from GenealogyMagazine.com, by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG.

Het Verleden in Beeld / Picturing the Past

Public domain images from the Netherlands, including prints of occupations and ships.

Limburg Emigrant Page

A lot of information on emigrants from Limburg (the most Southern Province of the Netherlands) to America in the period 1860-1900. Most of these emigrants settled in Minnesota. There are passenger lists, newspaper articles, letters and much more. Site is also in English.

MyHeritage - Netherlands, Tilburg Emigration Records, 1914 - 1919 $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. This collection contains emigration records for Tilburg in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The information includes name, birth date, birth place, age emigration date.

Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Dutch to America