Dutch Genealogy News for March 2022

This is an overview of the new sources, websites, and projects that were announced last month.

Sources

• Records of 66,000 members of the Dutch merchant navy have been added to Oorlogsbronnen, a portal for sources related to World War II.
• Several new transcriptions of Limburg church records have been added to GenBronnen.
• A transcription of the Dutch Reformed baptisms of Alblasserdam (1610-1811) is now available via Geneaknowhow.
• The National Archives launched new online presentations of their photo collection and map collection. The map collection now shows all the maps in the finding aids.
• An index of church and notarial records of various places in the east of Noord-Brabant have been added to the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website.
• The death declarations of causes of death for various places in the east of Noord-Brabant have been added to the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website.
• The records of the Tongerlo Abbey (1130-1838) have been digitized. This abbey was an important land owner in Brabant. The scans can be consulted via the finding aid at the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website.

Page in the map book of the Tongeren Abbey (public domain)

Publications and websites

• Amanda C. Pipkin’s book Dissenting Daughters: Reformed Women in the Dutch Republic 1572-1725 is now available.  It can be ordered via Amazon (affiliate link).
• The new website Kranten en Foto’s uses artificial intelligence to link press photos to the pages in newspapers. Often, press photographers took many more photos than the ones that ended up in the newspaper. This website allows you to see the whole series.

Projects

• The Central Bureau for Genealogy is looking for volunteers to index the personal record cards. The entire collection has been scanned and is now being indexed. The indexed images will make the ordering process faster and easier. Unfortunately, these cards will not become available online anytime soon.
• The Deelen Airport museum is looking for volunteers to describe its photo collection.

Archives

• The renovation of the Stadsarchief Breda, the municipal archives of Breda, is finished. Visitors are welcome again, by appointment via email.
•  The Zeeuws Archief has extended their scanning-on-demand service to archives of the island of Schouwen-Duiveland. The functionality is available via the Zeeuws Archief website and Archieven.nl.

Map of Zierikzee on Schouwen-Duiveland in 1649, by Joan Blaeu (public domain)