Johann Niclaus Harter (d.1711) and his family immigrated in 1710 from the Palatinate of Germany to Hunter, New York and founded the Mohawk Valley branch of the family. Johann Michael Harter, probably a brother and a fellow immigrant, founded the Hudson Valley branch of the family. Descendants and relatives of Johann Niclaus lived in New York, New Jersey, New England, Ohio, Indiana, South Dakota and elsewhere.

In 1723 a number of Palatine families were allowed to take up lands in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Those settling in the bounds of the present county of Herkimer were known as the Burnetsfield Patentees, after the name of the grant made by New York Governor William Burnet, and are the subject of this formidable work. This book deals with the families established in the area before the Revolution, and detailed genealogies are given for almost 100 of them.

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

A genealogy of the descendants of Henry Zimmerman born about 30 Dec 1737 probably at what is now St. Johnsville in Montgomery County, New York. He died 18 May 1807. He married 1) Catharine Fox and 2) Margaret Bellinger. He had 19 children of whom 15 were living at the time of his death. The family changed the name to Timmerman after the Revolutionary War.