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by Lorine McGinnis Schulze (Author)
Jan Sipkens was a Dutch soldier who settled in New Netherland sometime before October 1674. His marriage intentions were recorded in the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church that month, and they revealed his origins were in Amsterdam Holland. A search of the Amsterdam church records found his baptism in 1656 to parents Sipke (aka Zipke) Auckus and Baefje Jans. The surname in North America eventually became Sippe as well as Sipkens. A search of available Amsterdam records revealed baptisms of Jan Sipken's siblings and the marriage of his parents. This book details the family in Amsterdam Holland, and New Amsterdam in New Netherland (present day New York).
Author Biography
Lorine McGinnis Schulze is a Canadian genealogist who has been involved in the fields of genealogy and history for more than thirty years. Lorine is the creator and owner of Olive Tree Genealogy website at http: //www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ and several other websites, all bringing free genealogical content online for genealogists and historians. Lorine is active in the genealogy community with several blogs including Olive Tree Genealogy blog at http: //www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ and Ask Olive Tree at http: //askolivetree.blogspot.com/. In February 2011 she was an official blogger for RootsTech Technology and Genealogy Convention in Salt Lake City Utah. Lorine is the author of many published genealogical and historical articles and books. Her list of published works is available at http: //www.olivetreegenealogy.com/published.sht
