Sorry to pop that balloon information. Here's the description of the microfilmed records: Kerkelijke registers, 1590-1865 Authors Evangelisch Lutherse Kerk. Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) (Main Author) Notes Microfilm genomen van de originele in het Gemeente Archief te Amsterdam.Parish registers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Nieuwe Kerk parish, of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands. Includes baptisms, marriages, burials, extracts of wills and transfer of graves. Pamela J. Sears wrote: > David, > > In reply to your previous: > >> Pamela J. Sears wrote: >>> Dear David, Dorothy and Cynthia, >>> >>> I'm puzzled by the fact that in some records Stijntje is recorded as >>> "Stijntje Jans" and in others, "Stijntje Hendricks." >>> >>> Rebecca Fredericks was baptized in Amsterdam on 15 Aug 1628 at the >>> Nieuwe kerk: >>> >>> Vader: Frerick Lubbertsz Moeder: Stijntje Jans Kind: Rebecka >>> Baptized 15 Aug 1628 in the Nieuwe kerk; DTB 40/465 >> Nieuwe Kerk is Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amsterdam. Obvious this >> family isn't Dutch or Walloon. > > > The Nieuwe kerk in Amsterdam is _NOT_ Evangelical Lutheran. > > Rather, it is indeed Reformed, and the religious affiliation [Hervormd] > is listed in the baptismal record above mentioned: > > Religie: Hervormd, Nieuwe kerk > > > This record can be found at the following URL: > > http://gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/genealogie/doopregisters/index.nl.html > > Click on "Zoek" to access the database search engine. > > > Regards, > Pam Sears > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >