The Quackenbush Family In Holland And America Classic Reprint

Author : Charles Best Benson
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ISBN 13 : 9781330757499
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book The Family of Best, in America of Holland Descent written by Charles Best Benson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Family of Best, in America of Holland Descent: With Copious Biographical Notes, 1700-1901 The early records of the Dutch and Lutheran churches in New York State, and especially of the churches about the Hudson River, from New York to Albany, were translated for the Holland Society of New York City a few years ago. These records, now in the Archives of the Society, are not available, ordinarily, to non-members. For the purpose of solving some of the many difficulties which confronted me in compiling the Van Deusen Genealogy, upon which I was then (1900) engaged, I made, in connection therewith, an exhaustive search of the records of the following churches, for the furtherance of this compilation, the Marriage and Baptismal records, and the Minutes of the Consistory, from 1683, in each church, except as otherwise stated: Albany (Dutch), to 1760; Claverack (Dutch), to 1787; Churchtown (Lutheran), to 1820; Johnstown (Dutch), to 1780; Kinderhook (Dutch), to 1784; Kingston (Dutch), from 1639 to 1801; Schenectady (Dutch), from 1680 to 1901; Ghent (Dutch and Lutheran), from beginning to 1901. In addition to the church records hundred of volumes of historical, biographical, and miscellaneous publications have been minutely examined, some of which are very scarce and exceedingly difficult to consult, except in a few private libraries, for genealogical notes and sketches and information relating to the founders of the Best family. It may be needless to say that the material has taken years to collect, caused much fatigue of travel, and necessitated voluminous correspondence. The author of these pages has endeavored to set forth not only the essential data of genealogical research but also such material as will illuminate the domestic and social life of an interesting period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.