Dutch Genealogy News for December 2023

8 December 2023 by Leave a Comment

Here is an overview of all the new sources, websites, and other news of the past month.

Sources

  • The Red Cross Archives about Forced Laborers in World War II have been scanned and indexed. The records can be searched via the Nationaal Archief. Unfortunately, not all records survived so the index does not include all Dutch persons who were forced to work in Germany during the war.
  • 6000 photos of the water board De Dommel can now be viewed at the website of the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum.
  • Noord-Holland marriage records 1933-1942 have been scanned and indexed and can now be searched at the Noord-Hollands Archief and Open Archieven websites.
  • The Gelderland birth records 1913-1922 have been scanned and indexed. They can be consulted at the Gelders Archief and Open Archieven websites.
  • Indexes and scans of birth records of Deventer, Diepenveen, Staphorst and Wijhe in Overijssel have been added to Open Archieven. See the announcement for years.
  • Birth records of various places in Noord Brabant, including Hilvarenbeek, Oosterhout, and Tilburg, have been scanned and index and can consulted at the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum.
  • The records of the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society (KNAG) 1873-1967 have been digitized. Scans can be consulted via the finding aid.
  • Large parts of the records of the States-General 1576-1796 have been largely digitized. The scans are available via the finding aid. The States-General was the assembly of provincial states that governed the Dutch Republic. The records include various series that are relevant to genealogists, like the annual accounts of various places in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.

Forced laborers working on a railroad. Still from a German video. Collection Nationaal Archief (public domain)

Projects

  • The Zeeuws Archief started digitizing the records of 25 local authories in Zeeland, some going back to the Middle Ages. See the announcement for a detailed list of archives and years.
  • Income tax records from the south-west of Friesland before 1800 are being indexed. Volunteers can join Vele Handen.
  • Gelderland marriage records 1943-1947 are being indexed. Volunteers can join Vele Handen.
  • The verdicts of the court of Assen 1838-1929 are being digitized, including criminal cases, civil cases, and bankruptcies. The originals will be away for digitization until March 2024. The scans will become available via the Drents Archief.
  • The records of the medieval Abbey of Egmond are being digitized. The oldest records in the series, a papal bull, dates from 1140. The scans will become available at the Noord-Hollands Archief website in 2025.

Papal bull from the Abbey of Egmond archives, 1140

Archives

  • The Gelders Archief expanded their free scanning-on-demand service. Before, only records older than 110 years could be ordered. They have now gone through their records and made most records older than 75 years available for scanning-on-demand. See archives that provide scanning on demand for details on how to order scans.
  • Population registers, maps, and drawings of the pauper colonies in the east of the Netherlands have been donated to the Drents Archief. The records were already kept by the Drents Archief as a loan but now the ownership has been transferred, ensuring permanent preservation. Many of the records are already available via Alle Kolonisten.

Pauper registration card for Pieter van der Meulen from Leeuwarden, admitted 1896. Credits: Drents Archief (public domain)

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About Yvette Hoitink

Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.

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