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The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames is a hereditary organization founded in 1895 whose purpose is to preserve and promote the historical legacy of the seventeenth-century Dutch settlers of New Netherland. The Society sponsors emerging scholars researching New Netherland history. Complementing an initiative by the Holland Society of New York, the Society partnered with the New Netherland Institute (NNI) to promote the availability of online transcriptions and translations of the original seventeenth-century New Netherland administrative records housed at the New York State Library and Archives. The translation of these manuscripts has contributed to an understanding of the impact of the Dutch on the founding of the United States of America and became the historical basis of Russell Shorto's book Island at the Center of the World and many other scholarly works. An up-to-date bibliography appears on the website of the New Netherland Institute. In 2018, the Society published Historical Records 1895-2017 and contributed copies to relevant research libraries. In 2020, the Society updated and copyrighted Researching Your Dutch Ancestors: A Practical Guide.
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- ↑ "New Netherland Project". New York State Library. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "New Netherland Project Translations". New Netherland Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "New Netherland Research Center". New Netherland Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
