I see someone answered re the two ladies. There is a City and Town in Montgomery County, NY named Amsterdam - but not New Amsterdam. In New York State there is only one New or Nieuw Amsterdam, which as we know was eventually renamed New York. You are right, there is often a lot of confusion with the old Dutch place names, as there is with individuals names. Evan On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:20 AM, W David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com>wrote: > only if it is spelled Nieuw Amsterdam. > > Many confuse New Amsterdam with one that is in Montgomery Co which was > founded AFTER English takeover of New Nederland colony. > > I am more interested in correct information for these two ladies. > > David > > On 5/28/2013 8:21 PM, evan rofheart wrote: > > New Amsterdam will always be New York City. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

The city of Amsterdam in upstate New York was incorporated in 1830, which is certainly well after the English takeover of Nieuw Nederland. I have never understood how anybody could think that the principal Dutch community in colonial times would be located nearly 200 miles from the seacoast, but I have seen this other times. Peter -----Original Message----- From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of evan rofheart Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:38 AM To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Need quick answers Magdalena Van Rensselaer and Mayeke Van Buren I see someone answered re the two ladies. There is a City and Town in Montgomery County, NY named Amsterdam - but not New Amsterdam. In New York State there is only one New or Nieuw Amsterdam, which as we know was eventually renamed New York. You are right, there is often a lot of confusion with the old Dutch place names, as there is with individuals names. Evan On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:20 AM, W David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com>wrote: > only if it is spelled Nieuw Amsterdam. > > Many confuse New Amsterdam with one that is in Montgomery Co which was > founded AFTER English takeover of New Nederland colony. > > I am more interested in correct information for these two ladies. > > David > > On 5/28/2013 8:21 PM, evan rofheart wrote: > > New Amsterdam will always be New York City. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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