Hi Anne, Yes, Germantown was known as East Camp when the Palatines settled in New York and there was also a "West Camp" on the other side of the Hudson River. Germantown was part of the Livingston Manor. In 1710 Queen Anne purchased back from Robert and Alida Livingston six thousand acres for the purpose of securing a place of settlement for the German Palatines who had fled to England to avoid religious persecution. It is still called Germantown. The church is "The Reformed Church of Germantown" and was organized in 1728 or 1729 by Rev. Johannes Van Driessen, the first pastor. I have the book "Baptism Record of Reformed Church, Germantown, New York 1729-1893 by Arthur C. M. Kelly, published by Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York (1969). If you would like a lookup, please let me know. Happy Hunting................Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne" <odyssey@heirmail.to> To: <NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: [NYCOL] Germantown/DIETRICH > I have recently found records for my DIETRICH ancestors, and numerous > records are said to be taken from "Ref. Chbk." of Germantown. Would this > be the Dutch Reformed Church? This information came from Henry > Jones work. Was Germantown known by any other name? What is it > called today? > > Thanks! > Anne >