The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames was founded in May 1895 and is comprised of women who are able to comply with the requirements of the membership clause.

The purposes of the Society shall be to perpetuate the memory and promote the principles and virtues of the Dutch ancestors of its Members. In addition, the Society shall collect and preserve genealogical and historical documents relating to the Dutch in America, encourage excellence in historical research relating to the Dutch in America, and establish commemorative and durable memorials in lasting tribute to the early Dutch settlers.

To read about the early Dutch families in New Netherland, please go to an article in the Social Register Observer Winter, 2013 issue "Early Dutch New York History Preserved by the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland" by Mrs. Lee Crandall Park and Mrs. Peter Kimmelman.