I just noticed the gross typo in the Wiki answer, and have joined the Wiki group and
corrected it to 1665! New York was the new name in 1665, 300 years before the original
answer below!
MYRA HERRON
Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori
(Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.)
Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame,
That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came.
--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Myra Herron <woodseyowllover(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Myra Herron <woodseyowllover(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MIGEN] Dutch New York
To: migen(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 10:49 PM
According to Wiki Answers:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_New_Amsterdam_become_New_York
New Amsterdam became known as New York on June 1965.
Other information:
New Amsterdam was the largest Dutch colonial settlement in North America. During the
second Anglo-Dutch War between England and the United Netherlands, the colony was
surrendered to the English on 24 September 1664, and renamed New York. When the Dutch
retook control briefly in 1673, they renamed it "New Orange", but ceded it
permanently to England after the signing of the Treaty of Westminster in 1674.
MYRA HERRON
Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori
(Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.)
Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame,
That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came.
--- On Tue, 9/15/09, amzgrace <amzgrace(a)comcast.net> wrote:
From: amzgrace <amzgrace(a)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [MIGEN] Dutch New York
To: migen(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 8:23 AM
Jan -
A few weeks ago on a rerun of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader", the
question the celebrity was asked was "What is the Dutch settlement initially
called New Amsterdam called today"? And she had to 'drop out'. Guess I
thought everyone knew that but then I remember my dad saying our ancestors
lived in NY when it was still called New Amsterdam. Do you happen to know
when the name change took place?
Grace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Cortez" <janacortez(a)charter.net>
To: <mi-genealogy(a)rootsweb.com>; <migen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: [MIGEN] Dutch New York
I don't know how many of you on this list are of Dutch ancestry,
as I am,
but, I know that a lot of the Dutch came to MI. and a lot of our ancestors
originated in New Amsterdam, NY, as did my 13th ggrandfather in 1636.
There was an excellent TV program on NY pbs stations this past week,
titled
"Dutch New York" - the timing coincided with Henry Hudson's coming into
New York harbor 400 years ago.
It's available to view on the computer at
http://www.thirteen.org/dutchny/video/video-dutch-new-york/34/
If you have an interest in this, check it out right away, as I have no
idea how long it will be available.
Jan
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