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Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 3: Burtis to Dakin

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Author: Frank J. Doherty
Published: 1996

This important series documents the 18th century settlement of the Beekman Patent by Palatines, Dutch and the English from Long Island and New England. The Beekman Patent was a major entry point from New England to New York and the West.

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 11: Rood to Sly

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Author: Frank Doherty Sr.
Published: 2013

This important series documents the 18th century settlement of the Beekman Patent by Palatines, Dutch and the English from Long Island and New England. The Beekman Patent was a major entry point from New England to New York and the West.

This volume contains 57 surnames, from Rood to Sly and has an index of over 25,000 entries.

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 2: Abbot to Burtch

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Author: Frank J. Doherty
Published: 1993

This important series documents the 18th century settlement of the Beekman Patent by Palatines, Dutch and the English from Long Island and New England. The Beekman Patent was a major entry point from New England to New York and the West.

Beekman Patent Families Abbot to Burtch. These families are traced from the emigrant, in most cases, through about 1810.

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 13: Spencer to Swift

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Author: Frank Doherty Sr.
Published: 2017

This important series documents the 18th century settlement of the Beekman Patent by Palatines, Dutch and the English from Long Island and New England. The Beekman Patent was a major entry point from New England to New York and the West.

New York Probate Records: A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records

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This updated edition provides genealogists with the latest tools for locating New York State probate records from the past 350 years. A user friendly design, inclusion of online sources, appendixes, and maps help researchers easily navigate this important group of records.

By Gordon L. Remington
Published: January 2011

History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York

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Between 1875 and 1879, Edwin Purple contributed several articles to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record on the first three or four generations of some of the ancient families of New York. Those articles, collected in this volume, feature the surnames Van Schaick, Siecken, Tymens, Brevoort, Varleth, Gouverneur, and those of other ancient and allied families. This volume also includes Purple’s instructive list of Dutch aliases and variant surname spellings.

By Edwin R. Purple

Foreword by Richard H. Benson

Published: September 2013

Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, From 1623 to 1636

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Originally published in 1846, Young’s compilation of two dozen contemporaneous documents depict the preparations for the settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony, the migration process itself, and some events from the early years of settlement. A key source for eyewitness accounts of the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 1620s and early 1630s.

By Alexander Young

Foreword by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG

6 x 9 paperback, 572 pages

Portable Genealogist: African American Resources

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This guide is designed to help you through the challenging process of locating your African American ancestors. It provides tips for getting started, summarizes the various documents and records you should consult, and shows you how to read the elements of a slave schedule. This helpful guide also features a chart showing where you can locate the different types of records described.

The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.

By Meaghan E. H. Siekman, Ph.D.