Letters 2/21/2020
What’s happening in your life, cousins?
HERE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM THE 2019 Dutch Cousins Gathering in Kentucky!
SENT BY: Pam Ellingson I did upload Charlie’s photos to the DC google account. The following link should allow access and people can download the file of 429 photos. Thank you Charlie Westerfield, immediate past president! https://bit.ly/2Pm0DVX ———————————————-
SENT BY: Mr. Lynn Rogers, inre: Westerfield Massacre Historical MarkersCharlie-I think that I recognize your fingerprints on: https://bullittcountyhistory.org/hmarkers/westerfield.html
Thanks for all of your work on this; it was an important link in the chain.
Thanks to Vince Akers for the scholarly, authoritative article, another link in the chain. And to all the other links in the chain – it was a monumental effort!———————————————————
SENT BY: Susan Fuhr-DunnHello Cousins,I am trying to nail down birth and death dates for my 3rd great grandparents (parents of Willie Anna Vandivere). They are James Henry or Hemsley Vandivere (son of ?) and his wife Francis “Fannie” Maria Terhune. I believe they were both born in Washington County, Kentucky. I have birth dates for James ranging from 1815 -1827 and 1824-1827 for Francis. If anyone can help with this mystery, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank-you,Susan Fuhr-Dunn (VanArsdall, Smock, Terhune and Vandivere relatives) ——————————————————————
SENT BY: Carolyn (herself) from the Kentucky Genealogical Society ALL back issues of Bluegrass Roots are now online, starting with the first issue in 1974. The next important step: to index those important publications. There may be gold in there for researchers! Indexers can help on their own time schedule, from their own homes — as much or as little as they can help. If you can volunteer, please let us know by emailing info@kygs.org.——————————————————————
SENT BY: Kim KnepperMy name is Kimberly Verbryke Knepper and I am interested in receiving your dutch newsletter. My paternal Verbryck line begin in New York and eventually made it to Mercer County, Kentucky before settling in Indiana and Ohio. My 5th Great-Grandfather Wilhelmus Verbryck served in the Revolutionary War and ended up in Mercer County, Kentucky in his final years. I really enjoy genealogy and I am a member of DAR through my dutch ancestor mentioned above. Thank you for taking time to share a rich history of dutch life to today’s ancestors. ——————————————————————
SENT BY: Ann Vilchuck of IllinoisPlease add me to your list.My ancestors connected to the Old Mud Church in Mercer County, Kentucky include Isaac Van Nuys, Jr, Garrett Terhune, Peter Carnine, Lawrence Demotte, and Peter Demotte. In addition I have several other ancestors who may have been Dutch and lived in Mercer County or the Low Dutch tract. Their descendants moved to central Indiana.Thanks,Ann ——————————————————————
SENT BY: Carolyn (herself) from the Kentucky Genealogical SocietyNow Online: the Winter 2020 Issue of Bluegrass RootsTo read this new issue, log in to your KGS member account at https://kygs.org and click on the Bluegrass Roots link under “Members Only.” Then click on the “2020 Bluegrass Roots” link and select the Winter issue.
Among the features in this issue:• Introducing the new KGS Board of Directors• Big news about a 2nd Saturday event featuring presenters all the way from Ireland• A how-to on tracing your ancestors through your second cousins• Part 1 of in-depth article about the William H. Hobby family of Caldwell County• Happy 46th birthday, KGS!If you have any problems accessing this new issue, please send email to info@kygs.org to request assistance.——————————————————————
SENT BY: Greg Barnard of Danville who has taken on the cleanup and restoration of the long-abandoned Demott/Banta/Verbryke/CoveSpring graveyard near Harrodsburg.Thank you very much. Owner has cleared over half at his own expense. Done till Spring. Ground too hard. Will keep updated.Greg ——————————————————————
SENT BY: Judith CassidyLast Sept, about the time of the reunion, I donated a copy of my book, “The History of Low Dutch Slavery from New Netherland through Kentucky”, as well as all of the copies of original documents donated by various members of the Low Dutch Groups including Vince Akers, Bob Vanarsdale and many others (to the Low Dutch Archives at the Harrodsburg Historical society Library. Additionally I sent a huge box of original Conewago and York County deeds, wills etc. I received a very nice Thank you note, which was appreciated. But I have never seen anything about these donations in the Newsletter so How are people to know that they have been donated so they can access and use them?
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SENT BY: Marlene Murty of PennsylvaniaI would like to receive the Dutch Letters. I am a descendant of both Gerardus Ryker Sr & Jr.I am looking forward to getting back into my own family history and research after a 30 hiatus.Marlene——————————————————————
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.
SENT BY: Carolyn Leonard
Editor, Dutch cousins of Kentucky
E-mail me: CarolynLeonard@me.com
On my web page www.CarolynBLeonard.com
Dutch letters are archived on our official webpage, www.DutchCousins.org by Pam Ellingson
Barbara Whiteside has a facebook page that you may find interesting, Dutch Cousins in Kentucky
