Add this little tidbit to the quest. "History of the Huguenot Emigration to America," Charles W. Baird, DD, Vol. 1, Baltimore MD: Regional Publishing Co., 1966, page 175-176: Meanwhile, New Amsterdam had become the home of other French-speaking immigrants. Peter Minuet, the second director, was himself a Walloon. His family, during the persecutions in the southern provinces, half a century before, had taken refuge in Wesel, where Minuet was a deacon of the Walloon Church the time of his appointment as director. 1628, April 7-It was during his term of office that New Amsterdam was visited for the first time by a minister of religion. The relationship may have been a religious one or through the Dutch West Indies Company. ************** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-hol idays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)