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5 Strategies to Find Elusive Dutch Ancestors
If you cannot find your ancestor from the Netherlands, here are five strategies for you. 1. Reanalyze what you have My first tip is to reanalyze what you already have. Take the time to go through every record and see if there is more evidence hiding in there. I have often found that when I […]
Map of the Week – Brabant, 1659
In 1659, the famous mapmaker Joan Blaeu published his world atlas Tooneel des Aardrycks [Display of the Realm of Earth]. The archives in Leiden have made their atlas available online. This map shows the Duchy of Brabant. It is oriented with the north toward the right. You can see that various places that are now […]
Map of the Week – Dikes and Dunes near Petten, 1730
This week, we are looking at a map of the area south of Petten in the province of Holland (now North-Holland) in 1730. The water board commissioned the map from Jan Spruytenburgh and Hendrik de Leth. The map tells the history of the landscape, and reclaiming the land to create polders. On the left side, […]
Dutch Genealogy News for November 2024
Here is an overview of the new sources, projects and other news announced in the past month. Sources Birth records 1903-1912 from Enkhuizen, Hoogkarspel, Schellinkhout, Venhuizen, Westwoud, and Wijdenes can now be found at the Westfries Archief. The correspondence of Cristofforo Suriano, the first Venetian diplomat in the Dutch Republic in the early 1600s, is […]
Webinar: Dear Me, Writing Research Reports to Yourself
Next Tuesday, I will be presenting a webinar about writing research reports to yourself. The webinar is sponsored by the Board for Certification of Genealogists in their track at Family Tree Webinars. Description: Research reports are not just for professionals, but are a great tool for anyone who wants to answer their research questions. Write a […]
Quick Tip – Legacy Family Tree Webinar Sale
Legacy Family Tree Webinars is having a sale this week, through to Friday the 6th. You can now get a year-long subscription with 50% off, for $24.98. This gives you access to 2,311 webinars including the following webinars I presented: Researching Your Dutch Ancestors Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands Using MyHeritage to […]
Dutch term – Ruilverkaveling
Ruilverkaveling means to trade plots of land to consolidate land ownership. At the beginning of the 20th century, land ownership was fragmented. Larger plots were easier to work with machines. As mechanization of agriculture increased, so did the demand to consolidate the small plots in larger plots. The first ruilverkaveling took place on the island […]
