It can be very useful to know something about the history of the Dutch settlers. The history of the emigrants tells you something about the conditions and time that your ancestors lived in and might reveal the reason of their emigration.
There are many history documents that contain information about the economic, religious and constitutional events in Europe that caused an emigration burst to the United States.
We will brief you the reasons and conditions that caused the Dutch emigration bursts:
Further we gathered some interesting sources, where you can read more about the emigration bursts.