Dorothy A. Koenig began New Netherland Connections in February 1996 and ended publication in November 2010.  It was a quarterly—published in February, May, August, and November—designed to help people who were looking for their New Netherland ancestors and their descendants.  Each issue had a feature article, replies to queries, items of Dutch colonial interest, and queries (of any length) and ran to about 28 pages.

Back issues of New Netherland Connections are available to all research members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in their well-maintained online databases at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

Libraries and FamilySearch Centers

Complimentary subscriptions were sent to some major genealogical libraries.  The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has begun filming NNC and issues through 2003 are already available through your local FamilySearch Center as follows:

For more information, please see New Netherland Connections in the FamilySearch Catalog.

Select Articles (In Chronological Order)

Mary E. Van Gorden, “Albert Gysbertsen and Aeltje Wiggers: Progenitors of the Van Gorden/Van Gorder Family in America,” (July, August, September 1999; Volume 4, Number 3).

Perry Streeter, "Brothers Peter and Jacobus Williamson of Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey: Did They Descend from Willem¹ Willemsen, Willem¹ Davidszen [Williamson] or Someone Else?" (July, August, September 2000; Volume 5, Number 3).  Subsequently, through DNA testing, Perry was able to prove that Peter & Jacob were grandsons of Willem² Willemsen (Willem¹ Gerritsen) and Mayken² Pieters Wyckoff (Pieter¹ Claesen) of Gravesend, Kings County; these findings have been published in a series on "The Williamson Family of Gravesend," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.

Perry Streeter, “Derrick/Richard⁶ Krusen (Francis⁵, Derrick⁴, Francis³, Derrick², Garret¹): Corrections and Extensions to Warren Cruise's The Croesen Families of America” (October, November, December 2002; Volume 7, Number 4 and January, February, March 2003; Volume 8, Number 1).

Perry Streeter, “Identifying the True Ancestry of Hilletje, wife of Isaac² Bragaw (Bourgon¹ Broucard) as the granddaughter of Pieter¹ Roelofszen [Bas] and Jan¹ Boeckhout [John¹ Buckhout] both of Mespath Kills, Newtown, Queens County, New York” (July, August, September 2004; Volume 9, Number 3).

Perry Streeter and Mike Morrissey, “Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Testing of Probable Eighth Cousins Confirms Their Kinship and Proves Their Matrilineal Lines of Descent from Aeltje Cornelis (Cool) (Van Couwenhoven) Stoothoff; Simultaneously Proving Two Long-Held Theories Developed Sequentially Through Conventional Research; Mary (Updike) Richey of Greenwood, Steuben County, New York Was a Heretofore Unidentified Daughter of Roliph⁵ Updike (John⁴, Lawrence³, Johannes², Louris¹ Jansen); Eleanor⁵ "Nelly" Lane (Gizebert⁴, Mathias³, Gysbrecht² Laenen, Matthys¹ Jansen) Was the Heretofore Unidentified Wife of Roliph⁵ Updike” (April, May, June 2005; Volume 10, Number 2).

Perry Streeter, “Gerrit¹ Jansen Van Oldenburg: DNA Testing Yields More Garrison Descendants in New Jersey & New York; with further records of Johannes³ Gerritsen (Jan² Gerrits, Gerrit¹ Jansen) of Staten Island & Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey as the heretofore unknown father of John⁴ Garrison (say 1701–1774) of Amwell Township, New Jersey & Staten Island, New York and the ancestor of the Garrison family of Amwell and Bethlehem Townships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, probably including Jane (Garrison) Krusen, wife of Derrick/Richard⁶ Krusen (Francis⁵, Derrick⁴, Francis³, Derrick², Garret¹ Croesen) of Greenwood, NY and with insights on the brother-in-law of Johannes³ Gerritsen, Duncan Oliphant (ca. 1682–1734) of Staten Island & Amwell Township, New Jersey,” (January, February, March 2010; Volume 15, Number 1 and April, May, June 2010; Volume 15; Number 2).

Perry Streeter, “Long-Overdue Brokaw/Bragaw Additions & Corrections: The European Origins of Bourgon¹ Broucard and Catherine le Fevre” (October, November, December 2010; Volume 15; Number 4 [final issue]).

Created 7 November 2003 § Updated 23 April 2012