Source:Fernow, Berthold. Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini

Source The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini
Author Fernow, Berthold
Coverage
Place New York, United States
New York City, New York, United States
Year range 1653 - 1674
Subject Legal/Court records
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher Knickerbocker Press
Date issued 1897
Place issued New York, New York
Citation
Fernow, Berthold. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini. (New York, New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897).
Repositories
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Contents

Description

New Amsterdam Dutch civil records translated into English and published in seven volumes under the authority of the City of New York in 1897.
The original in the Dutch language is contained in 6 folio volumes. The first of these was translated by a Mr. Westbrook and the remaining five by E. B. O'Callaghan, about 1848. The editor, Berthold Fernow, has retranslated the part translated by Mr. Westbrook.

Contents:

v. 1. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, 1653-1655.
v. 2. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, 1656 to Aug. 27, 1658, inclusive.
v. 3. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Sept. 3, 1658 to Dec. 30, 1661, inclusive.
v. 4. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Jan. 3, 1662, to Dec. 18, 1663, inclusive.
v. 5. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Jan. 8, 1664, to May 1, 1666, inclusive.
v. 6. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, May 8, 1666, to Sept. 5, 1673, inclusive.
v. 7. Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Sept. 11, 1673, to Nov. 10, 1674, inclusive. Administrative minutes, March 8, 1657, to Jan. 28, 1661, inclusive. Index.


Availability

Besides the original printing in 1897, photo-reproductions are now available.

Print

Printed in 1897 in seven volumes by Knickerbocker Press (New York).
This set was reprinted in 1976 by Genealogical Publishing Company.
The volumes are being reprinted individually in paperback by the University of Michigan Library (2009).

Media

Heritage Books has the seven volume set available on CD.

Online

All seven volumes are available online from the University of Michigan Library's HathiTrust Digital Library.

All seven volumes are available at Ancestry.

All seven volumes are available at Heritage Quest Online.

Google books has each volume available online and for download as text or pdf.

vol 1, 
vol 2,
vol 3, 
vol 4,
vol 5,
vol 6,
vol 7 

FHL film numbers

May be ordered through the nearest Family History Center.

  • 824405
  • 824406
  • 824407 Item 1
  • 982184
  • 982187 Items 1-3