At this moment, there’s a poll on this website to see which province the ancestors of our visitors come from. To my surprise, Limburg is in the lead! Perhaps because my own research is focused on Dutch Reformed regions, I had never realized that many people emigrated from the catholic region of Limburg as well.
I did some Googling and found a great resource for Limburg emigration research: the Limburg emigrant page. It has background information, census records, emigrant letters, you name it.
Based on this information, I updated the Limburg-article in the Netherlands/Geography section. I will try to find more information on Limburg in the next couple of days.
About Yvette Hoitink
Yvette too has family in Limburg
Apparently so 🙂 I did not know about any Hoitinks in Limburg! Do you know which Hoitink line you’re from? Mine is from Aalten/Winterswijk.
Accidently saw your answer. Never got any message about it. My father’s family comes from Beltrum
My oldest sister, her 3 daughters, my oldest brother and his wife and daughter, and youngest brother also live in Limburg