Famous Frisians in America
The book, "Famous Frisians in America" is now available for purchase. There are 8 pages on the Fonda Family which detail the history of Jellis Douw Fonda, who emigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam in about…
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Anneke Jans
Some interesting information on our Anneke Jans connection... (connection verified through references in "Dear Cousin"; A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation") This is an e-mail I recently…
Dutch Banns
Marriage of Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr This is a microfilm copy of the original Banns (marriage vows) between Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr in 1641. Surnames were not used at the time in Holland. Douwes…
Greetings
Greetings to fellow Fonda Family members who are exploring their lineage... and to others who are doing genealogy research, or are just browsing for information. The Fonda Family in America has a rich heritage and there…
Italian Roots
Genoa, Italy Extract from "Early American Families", Rev. W.A. Williams; Philadelphia, PA; 1916: "The Rensselaer-Bowier Papers say that Douw Fonda was a Frisian, and Tacitus says that the Frisians dwelt along the coast of the North…