Staats Genealogy and Family History

In December 2009, I (Sean Staats) received the honor of being elected to membership in the Holland Society of New York.  The HSNY has a strict membership requirement in that you must be a descendant of an ancestor, along your direct-paternal line, who lived in New Netherland before or during 1675.  How is it that I could possibly meet that requirement?  The immigrant ancestor of my direct, paternal line is Jan Pieterszen Van Husum (also known as Jan Pieterszen Van Huysen.)  He was born in 1605 and aro

Greetings! My name is Sean Staats and I’ll be your partner in researching the multiple Staats family lineages. I myself am descended from Jan Pieterszen van Husum (aka van Huysen). I started studying genealogy about two years ago and must admit that I have become addicted to genealogy. This is not really a bad thing except for the occasional sacrificed sleep. Anyway, lets talk about why genealogy and why this website.