It may be April 1st, but this is no joke! SENT BY: Beverly DeMotte SantellaThe parents of Dorthy Van der Beek DeMotte wife of Lawrence (Laurens) DeMotte were: Rem Jansen (Jan) Remsen Vanderbeek and Dorothe Dorothea Dorothy (father Pieter Cortelyou). (I have multiple genealogical paternal and maternal lines back to Europe for both of these individuals if anyone
There is a “Comment” feature in the online posting of the Dutch Cousins letters. Notice the comment from Judy Cassidy on the 3/22/2020 letters. **4/8/20- These posts aren’t as interactive as Facebook or other blogs. I have now disabled the comment feature. If you have comments to make on postings in the letters please send
SENT BY: Carolyn (Herself)Please change my address in your address book to Buffalo234@cox.net or CarolynLeonard@me.com. I don’t check the Gmail as often as I shoul—————————————————————— SENT BY: Alan Weaner inre: Conewago north cemetery wallWall fixed…. till the ground hogs tear into it again. One lost his life…scratched out 1 to many rocks. 10 bags mortar mix nearly 1600 lbs
Personal message from cousin Janice about the next gathering of Dutch cousins. SENT BY: Janice Cozine, DC Treasurer and Registration Chair FOR THE LETTERS EMAIL: Hello Cousins ! Hope everyone is well. I just wanted to send out a little info to let you
Making plans for the next Dutch Cousins Gathering! FIRST, A word from our new president Tamara… SENT BY: Tamara Fulkerson, President, Dutch Cousins 2019-2021 FOR THE LETTERS EMAIL:Dear Dutch Cousins!The 2019 Dutch Cousins Gathering was a great time of getting together again and meeting brand new cousins.
SENT BY: Carolyn (herself)More for Tamara and Janice to talk about Monday! Some of these letters have been published earlier, but I tried to collect all the Conewago info here.What is Conewago and why is it important to us? The bones of our ancestors are there. Larry Voreis had some good info and photos of
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,
Merry Christmas to all our Dutch Cousins SENT BY: Carolyn Leonard 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
Happy Thanksgiving to all Dutch Cousins Please note our webmaster’s note below that more than 400 photos of the 2019 Dutch gathering are now posted on our website: https://bit.ly/2Pm0DVXWhile you are there look at the photos of the sad condition of our ancestor’s graves in Conewago Low Dutch burial ground. These were sent by Ernie and Kathy
I wanted to share pictures of our trip to Pennsylvania a couple of weeks ago. The Banta cabin and the Low Dutch cemetery are both in bad shape. Uncertain of their future.Ernie and Kathy (Banta) Borgoyne