Letters 8/28/19

EXCITEMENT is building! THE COUSINS are coming.

SEE YOU Sept 12,-16, 2019 in KENTUCKY!
Thursday through Saturday at the Kentucky State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building, 1525 Mills Ln, Frankfort, KY 40601. 
Sunday and Monday at Harrodsburg for the Old Mud Meetinghouse and the Harrodsburg Historical Research Library.
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SENT BY: Carolyn Leonard
Deadline for DUTCH COUSINS 2019 registration (Sept 12-16 in Kentucky) with tee-shirt and FREE matching bag is PAST! But you can still register and come!  Go here to download a registration blank and send it in today! https://dutchcousins.org/2019-2/

Thursday through Saturday we will be at the Kentucky State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building, 1525 Mills Ln, Frankfort, KY 40601. 
Sunday and Monday we will be at Harrodsburg KY for the Old Mud Meetinghouse worship and dedication and the Harrodsburg Historical Research Library to study the only repository for the Low Dutch history Archives.


We average 125-150 attendance – and can accommodate more! This will be our EIGHTH gathering of descendants of the many Dutch families who came from New Amsterdam to NJ, to Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania, and then either on flatboats down the Ohio or on the Wilderness Trail in the 1780s to settle the Low Dutch Tract in Kentucky.


Our Dutch Cousins MISSION STATEMENT
 
We are descendants of the Low Dutch who settled New Amsterdam, moved to New Jersey, migrated to near Gettysburg, and made history when they later populated the frontier.  Our Dutch Kentucky Cousins goal is to research, share, and preserve the genealogy and history of our common Low Dutch heritage, including but not limited to, the restoration and preservation of the old Mud Meetinghouse built by our ancestors in the early 1800s near Harrodsburg, KY.  We meet every two years to renew our love for each other.  Our mission is to honor the memory of these ancestors and enjoy the friendship of cousins, both newly- discovered and long-loved.
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SENT BY: Neal Underwood
This year will be my first for the Low Dutch Reunion. I am something of an outlier, descended from the Andrew Shuck line. We don’t believe they were actually Dutch, as in Low Dutch. The earliest we have evidence is about 1762 near what is now Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He and family later migrated with the Low Dutch to Kentucky where he and sons had tracts. We have no hard evidence as to where he came from or why he allied with the Dutch. Speculation is that his origin was German. He may have originally been with the Brethren aka Dunkers.

I have written up what we know about him and family and put it on a website. Some of the text may ramble a bit. My website has been bounced around over the years due to flaky web hosting companies. That makes it difficult to maintain rankings on Google searches. The most recent one decided to block about half my pages, for reasons they would not tell me. Some words they did not like but they’re a secret. On a genealogy website. Go figure.

I have uploaded the pages to a new website which hopefully will remain fully intact for a while. TheAndrew Shuck section begins at:

http://nealsgenealogy.byethost7.com/shandrew.htm

I have more extensive descendants offline. Some of his children married into the Dutch descendants (Duree and Banta) Other children married Baptiste, Tharp, Young and Poland/Polen.

At this point, I suspect we will never know his origins. The documentation just doesn’t seem to be there. But if anybody has some insights (or corrections), I would certainly be interested. I haven’t worked on this for a number of years now so am rusty.

Looking forward to meeting the Cousins.

Neal Underwood
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BY: Mary Wardlow Bermke
I would like to be signed up for the newsletter. Thanks so much. 

My sister Pat Mickunas and I are sending in our registrations today. Can’t wait to meet you and all of our cousins.
Mary Bermke

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SENT BY:  Hello Carolyn, Jerry Jones here.  We met some yrs. past in Danville, KY.  Was doing a genealogy B&B at that time and had a good number of genealogy materials on hand in our gift shop.  Years later we still have a few things that might be of interest to your genealogy folks. [like coffee mugs, key chains, t-shirts, etc…]  You are welcome to stop by when in the area for your meetings, and see if you would like to get a hold of some genealogy things.  Jerry  [My # 859-583-2053] 
stopped the B&B some 5 yrs ago.  Almost 15 yrs, having > 3,000 folks give us a visit.  Have had genealogy stuff since closing the B&B, and it now just sets around collecting dust.  Still doing my genealogy.  A far ways back it goes!  Have had MS the past 13 yrs. or so, and it presents some special challenges.  Don’t know if you will be close to Danville but if so, stop by and say hello.  Jerry 

(NOTE FROM CAROLYN) THE COUSINS ARE COMING TO KENTUCKY!   We will be in Harrodsburg Sunday the 15th of Sept and Monday the 16th. You should come up for the Old Mud Meetinghouse event at 2 pm on Sunday!  Send me a list of what you have for sale.)
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SENT BY: Cynthia VannAusdall

My name is Cynthia VannAusdall (the one who spells it Funny).  I have not attended a Gathering in quite a while but am excited about being able to attend this one.

I live in Hardin County, Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  I am not going to be able to come over until early Friday morning. Would that be too late to do a family table?  

My last table was at the 2015 Gathering.  I can send you the pictures from that Gathering, I tend not to do family charts.  

You will not hurt my feelings if Friday morning is too late or if what I do is not what you have in mind.

Soooo looking forward to this.

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SENT BY: L.[Leo] H. Schreuders

Maybe, I can contribute a bit from the Netherlands.
I added to the mail my article in de Halve Maen about the origins of what I call the Golden Age Emigrants to New Netherland, as well as a lengthier paper on the same subject.
I visited the NNI conferences.
In the summer of 2012 my wife and travelled on a route along the DRF churches in the Hudson Valley and NJ.

If you feel the need of additional info on the places of origin don’t hesitate to call on me through the mail.

Hartelijke Groet Leo Schreuders
Bilthoven

L.[Leo] H. Schreuders MBA, CPA
The Netherlands
(NOTE FROM CAROLYN – these articles are so interesting I want to share these two, but not sure if the mailing service will send out.  If not attached, I will ask Pam to post on website.)
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SENT BY: Ernie Burgoyne
Hi Carolyn,

I didn’t see this information on your website, so I thought I’d share it.

http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/pdfs/Frisian%20Roundtable%20%201975%20-%201986.pdf

A newsletter began in 1975 until 1986 that talked about the Frisian legacy. Someone thankfully digitized the paper letters and I found it on the McNeese State University, Lousiana website.

I found this extremely valuable as it talked about the true nature of the Frisian culture especially in terms of their freedom-loving, independent, hard-working and resilient nature.

I Hope the group enjoys this information.

Regards,
Ernie Borgoyne
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SENT BY: Pam Ellingson
Westerfield Cousins- We will have poster set up at the gathering in September. Please bring a copy of your Westerfield ancestry or other items that you want to add to the display.
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SENT BY: Our VP Tamara Fulkerson (TLWFulkerson@aol.com) volunteered to take on the job of chair of History Displays.  Just remember to think vertical because of space limitations!

Hi Carolyn, Sorry to bother you again; but just found out Dana is no longer in charge of the family tables. I spoke with Cynthia VannAusdall and she is wanting to make sure her table is reserved and Renee and I would like to have one as well if there is still room. Could you please pass this along? I do not know who is in charge now. Thank you,  Emily Welches

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SENT BY: Carolyn
Not registered for Dutch Cousins Gathering yet? 
What are you waiting for?
 Here’s a small sample of what we offer: A chance to get to know your Dutch Cousins community, learn more about your Dutch ancestors and their lives on the frontier, Find your Dutch roots, A narrated bus tour to see the area and be proud of your family connection, learn from and enjoy the great speakers we have lined up, network with others, make new friends.  

Encouragement. It’s worth its weight in gold,

Friendliness! Hey, that’s a thing. Who wants to come to a snobby conference?

Now’s the time to invest in your dream. Register here:  https://dutchcousins.org/2019-2

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SENT BY:  Janice CozineTHE BUS IS FULL!
I just had a thought …..
Steve is not booked.

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SENT BY:  To stay in touch, we mainly use our official website, www.DutchCousins.org, and the weekly or so Dutch Letters email sent through MailChimp mailing service. The email goes out to almost 1,000 addresses – and I know it is passed on to others who do not use computers, and is posted at some libraries.  The letters are also archived on the website.