The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, House of Burgesses Chapter, Orange, Virginia

Welcome to the Colonial Dames XVII Century, House of Burgesses Chapter website. We are one of many chapters of women with 11,000 members who are lineal descendants of the earliest colonists. The organization has been preserving historic records and sites, supporting charitable projects, and expanding the knowledge of our colonial heritage for 100 years. Please explore our website and visit our chapter. Ella Mabie, Chapter President

Thursday, October 22, 2015

WSJ Meet Holland Dames

The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames recently donated their archives to the New York Historical Society, which makes all of the records available to researchers. The Wall Street Journal recently picked up the story, which you can read here: Holland Dames Donate Archives

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Our Representatives Attend Meeting in Richmond

Our representatives attended the Fall Board of Management Meeting in Richmond, VA over the 17 October weekend.

Recommended Books

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann, Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America by James Horn
Capital Dames: The Civil War and The Women of Wahington, 1848-1868 by Cokie Roberts
Colonial Records of Virginia, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964
Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America by Jaap Jacobs
Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture, Edited by Roger Panetta, Hudson River Museum, 2010
Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder, Sep 17, 2013
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney
Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
Louisa Catherine: The Other Mrs. Adams by Margery Heffron
Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations after The Landing
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
Of Plymouth Plantation from The Handwritten Manuscript of William Bradford, Edited by Caleb Johnson
The American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor
The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy by Kimberly Powell
The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America by Scott Weidensaul
The Mayflower and Her Passengers by Caleb H. Johnson
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis
The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy by Val D. Greenwood
The Works of Anne Bradstreet by Anne Bradstreet