Book of Names

When originally published in 1933 this classic work listed for the first time the names of the early Palatines of New York State the original settlers of the Mohawk Valley known as the Gateway to the West. The estimated 20000 names are classified combined and otherwise arranged to enable the researcher to identify Palatine immigrants in relation to specific categories of records. Among the important lists of names are the following: (1) The Kocherthal records of baptisms marriages and deaths 1708-1719; (2) Palatine heads of families from Gov. Hunter's Ration Lists 1710-1714; (3) Lists of Palatines in 1709 (the four London lists of emigrants from Germany most of whom emigrated to America); (4) Palatines remaining and newly arrived in New York from the colonial census of 1710; (5) Names of Palatine children apprenticed by Gov. Hunter 1710-1714; and (6) Various lists of Palatines in the colonial militia of New York.