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This past year we have acquired new leadership as we thank Betsy Neal for her stewardship and now welcome a partnership arrangement in the Presidency, consisting of Pat Fox and Christine Van Norstand. At the request of our new board I welcome the efforts of Angeles Oakes and publish here her invitation to you as follows:

Stoutenburgh Teller Family Association
c/o Angeles Oakes

Dear STFA Member,

At the 2009 meeting, the STFA approved my proposal and formed a committee to oversee my writing of a genealogical manuscript beginning with the immigrant Pieter Stoutenburgh and his wife Aefje Van Tienhoven.

At this time, I would like to welcome you to contribute your own genealogical research and information if you are so inclined. Any factual evidence you can provide will be appreciated. It will also speed up the project and help reduce research expenses to the STFA. Please read carefully the outline below.

The following is an outline about the information that will be included in this manuscript.

1. I will begin with immigrant Pieter Stoutenburgh who died in New York in 1698. Much of his information has been provided, and I do not need any information regarding him.
2. The purpose of this manuscript is to prove genealogical lineage using documents that would be considered a primary source or an abundance of secondary sources that would show within reason that a person is related. Materials of interest are those that prove relationship, birth, & death are:
   • Wills
   • Probate Records
   • Land Deeds
   • Obituaries (secondary source)
   • Birth & Death Registers
   • Birth & Death Certificates
   • Funeral Cards (secondary source)
   • Birth Announcements (secondary source)
   • Bible Records
   • Social Security Death Index
   • Marriage Registers
   • Marriage Certificates
   • Newspaper articles (secondary source)
   • Biographical printed material (secondary source)
   • Census Records (secondary source)
   • Military records
   • Cemetery records
   • Pension records
   • Church records
3. As the author of this manuscript, I feel that I should review the documentation proving genealogical lineage. My reputation hinges on the accuracy of the manuscript. The preferred method for members to contribute documentation for this project would be through digital documentation. This can be done by scanning, then mailing a disk or emailing documents to me. If the documents can be found on the Internet or Ancestry.com, you can email the specific link to obtain the document. Lastly, hard copies of originals can be mailed to me.
   • All documents that are submitted should be labeled so that anyone reading the manuscript and would like to obtain a copy can go directly to the source and get it.

   • Legal documents should include the State, County, Volume or Book, and page number.
   • Obituaries should include the Name, Date, and Page number of the newspaper.
   • Bible Records can be transcribed but should state who the Bible belonged to and it’s current location. It is preferable to have a copy of the original if it doesn’t jeopardies the preservation of the original.
   • Biographical material & Books should include the Title page and the page numbers. Since it is possible to Google a book to find its location, it is not required to state where the book was found. This would include books that are transcriptions of Cemetery Records or Church Records.
4. If you are a Stoutenburgh, it will be up to your own judgment where you would like to discontinue your information. Keep in mind, this manuscript will be publicly distributed, available to all STFA members, and vital or personal information from living individuals is discouraged. If vital information is submitted for living individuals, I would ask that a letter of permission to use the information and signed by each living person or their guardian also be attached. As the author, I will not include any information on any living individual unless I am asked to do so.
5. The STFA manuscript committee agrees that a female Stoutenburgh will include information about her, her husband, and her children, then the name will be discontinued.
   • Example: Engeltje Stoutenburgh married William Waldron, any information that can be contributed about either of them will be recorded. Their children will be listed with birth & death dates if known and whom they married. The line will then be discontinued. The same procedure will be used in every generation, so this manuscript will stay true to the Stoutenburgh name. If you are related through a female line, the only information that will be used is the generational documents that will attach to a Stoutenburgh name.

About Me:

I am very excited to begin this project and have volunteered my time to research and put together this project for the STFA. I have been doing genealogical research since 2003 and have been honored to work with my cousin, Kathy Johnson, since that time. Kathy is the Registrar for the Hawaii Daughters of the American Revolution. We have worked closely together on some very challenging DAR Applications. Recently I have been added as Assistant Registrar, for which I am very pleased.

I expect that this project will take at least two (2) years to complete this manuscript with the cooperation of the members of the STFA. To date I have completed two similar projects, one with Kathy’s help and one on my own. Each took four (4) years to complete, the latest project published in December 2009.

Please contact me through this site if you are interested in submitting genealogical material. If you email me, please use the subject of "STFA Manuscript." I hope to hear from you soon.

Respectfully,
Angeles Oakes