Holland Society of New York
Its primary goal is to gather and preserve information about the settlement and history of New Netherland, a Dutch colony in North America.The society focuses on researching and documenting the lives and experiences of the colony's inhabitants, its political, social, and religious patterns.It supports genealogical research and publishes historical publications.[1] Membership in the society is open to both males and females, who are directly descended from an ancestor who lived in New Netherland before or during 1675.It also features a comprehensive collection of vertical files containing letters, photographs, genealogies, and press clippings.