Series IV. Membership, 1895-2021, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries IV.A contains various iterations of published record books issued by the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland in 1907, 1913, 1933, 2017, and 2019, as well as membership directories printed between 1915 and 2014/15. These list members by name and unique membership number, and supply brief outlines of their qualifying and supplemental ancestry.
Subseries IV.B contains original applications for membership in the DHD, which document the lineage of each member back to her qualifying ancestor(s). Supplemental applications provide similar information for additional ancestors from whom members descend. Restrictions apply to this portion of the collection; see the note below.
Arrangement
Series IV is organized in two subseries:
Subseries IV.A. Subseries IV.A. Membership registers, directories, record books, 1895-2019
Subseries IV.B. Membership Applications and Genealogical Proofs, 1895-2019 (RESTRICTED)
Restricted
Restrictions apply to "Subseries IV.B. Membership Applications and Genealogical Proofs, 1895-2019." See the note below.
Subseries IV.A. Membership registers, directories, record books, 1895-2021, inclusive
Membership register 1-377 [bound volume], 1895-1934, inclusive
Membership register 378-721 [bound volume], 1934-2006, inclusive
Membership register 1-716, 2005 December, inclusive
Supplementals notebook, 1934 May - 1965 March, inclusive
First Record Book of the Society of the [sic] Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of the State of New York [sic], 1907, inclusive
Second Record Book of the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland [5 copies], 1913, inclusive
Third Record Book of the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland [3 copies], 1933, inclusive
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Historical Records, 1895-2017, Including Reprints of the Society's Original Record Books [2 copies], 2017 January, inclusive
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland. Register of Members, 1895-2019 [3 copies], [2019], inclusive
Membership directories [published], 1915-1957, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 1960-1970, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 1973-1999, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 2002-2009, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 2010-2013/14, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 2014/15, inclusive
Membership directories [published], 2008, 2011/12, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2020/21, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This folder includes three issues of the newsletter "We Gather Together," for 2018-2021.
Honorary member certificates, 2013, inclusive
Necrology [deceased members], B-M, 1981-2013, inclusive
Necrology [deceased members], P-W, 1981-2013, inclusive
Circular of Information, undated, inclusive
Membership applications (blanks) and instructions, undated, inclusive
Candidates for admission to membership, 1923-1991, inclusive
Subseries IV.B. Membership Applications and Genealogical Proofs, 1895-2019, inclusive
Restricted
In transferring this collection to the New-York Historical Society, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland (DHD) stipulated that the material under "Subseries IV.B. Membership Applications and Genealogical Proofs, 1895-2019," containing membership applications, supplemental applications, and working proof files, "be made available for scholarly research . . . 100 years after that member's birth year" (birth data is recorded with a member's name and unique number on their application). As the New-York Historical Society cannot revisit the collection annually to determine which applications have passed a century and should be deemed open, interested researchers should contact the DHD for details: www.hollanddames.org.
Original Applications 1-99 (bound volume)
Original Applications 100-200 (bound volume)
Original Applications 201-300 (bound volume)
Original Applications 301-400 (bound volume)
Original Applications 401-500 (bound volume)
Original Applications 501-600 (bound volume)
Original Applications 601-781 (in folders by membership number)
Scope and Contents
Missing numbers 620-622, 624, 627-629, 637, 639.
Original Applications 782-825 (in folders by membership number)
Original Applications 826-846 (in folders by membership number)
Original Application 835 and proof materials (in folder by membership number)
Original Applications 847-870 (in folders by membership number)
Original Applications 871-878 and proof materials (in folders by membership number)
Duplicate Applications 507-599 (in folders by membership number)
Scope and Contents
Contains numbers 507, 530-541, 597, 599.
Supplemental Applications 1-33 (bound volume) [spine reads "1 to 34"]
Supplemental Applications 35-52 (bound volume) [spine reads "35 to 54"]
Supplemental Applications 54-80 (bound volume) [spine reads "54 to 81"]
Supplemental Applications 112-263 (bound volume) [spine reads "170 to 263"]
Supplemental Applications 270-370 (bound volume)
Supplemental Applications 374-419 (in folders by membership number)
Scope and Contents
Contains numbers 374, 382, 383, 386, 403, 419.
Supplemental Applications 423-540 (in folders by membership number)
Scope and Contents
Contains numbers 423, 466, 478, 479, 497, 510, 540.
Duplicate Supplemental Applications 60-114 (bound volume)
Duplicate Supplemental Applications 115-193 (bound volume) [spine reads "115 to 187"]
Microfilmed applications
Scope and Contents
Eleven reels containing
01) Original Applications 1-200 & Applicant List
02) Original Applications 201-500
03) Original Applications 501-600
04) Original Applications 601-716
05) Original Applications 690-B-781
06) Original Applications 599-732
07) Original Applications 814, 838
08) Supplemental Applications 1-80
09) Supplemental Applications 60-263
10) Supplemental Applications 270-370
11) Supplemental Applications 374-541
Miscellaneous genealogical proofs
Scope and Contents
Supporting genealogical documentation for membership applications:
4, 31, 50, 52, 54, 69, 93, 95, 101, 110, 119, 121, 124, 149-154, 157, 160-163, 166, 168-170, 174, 176, 178, 180, 183-184, 186, 188-190, 192, 196-206, 211-214, 216-221, 223-224, 226-227, 230-232, 234, 236-237, 240-241, 245, 250-253, 256-261, 263-266, 268-274, 276, 279-280, 282-288, 291-296, 300, 303-304, 307, 314, 317-323, 325-326, 328, 330, 333, 335-337, 339-340, 343-349, 351-352, 354, 360-361, 363, 369-374, 376-377, 379-383, 386-389, 391, 394, 397-398, 401-402, 406-407, 410-416, 418-419, 421, 423, 429, 432-436, 438, 442-445, 448-450, 453-463, 465-473, 475-478, 483, 561, 593.
Loose documents and miscellaneous papers (2 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes Somerville birth certificate; Polheim notes; proof of eligibility copy of ancestor Pieter Wyckoff; Mrs. Ashbel Welch letter regarding bible and family bible information, with photographs; lineage of Miss Alice Louis Canoune notes; letter to Mrs. Holbrook in 1907; Philip Peterre Schuyler notes; note regarding Familien Stuyvesant en Bayard; Note regarding Rev. Bogardus.