If you are planning a trip to the Netherlands, do not assume you can do on-site research. Many of the most popular genealogical records can now be found online, as explained in this article. Archives typically no longer allow you to consult records that have been put online. … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for November 2022
9 December 2022 by 1 Comment
Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and projects that were announced last month. Sources The Regionaal Archief Rivierenland is putting the indexed notarial records of the west of Gelderland online. The records were indexed by volunteers, and they are now being uploaded to the archive's website. The finding aid for the files of people investigated by the Domestic Security Service (Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst, BVD) between 1945 and 1998 have been catalogued. The finding … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for October 2022
4 November 2022 by Leave a Comment
This is an overview of new sources, projects, and websites that were announced last month. Sources The town records of Baarle-Nassau, Chaam, and Diessen before 1811 have been scanned and are availble via the finding aids at the Regional Archives of Tilburg website (see links at bottom). The Regional Archives of Tilburg has made several old movies of the Tilburg region available via their image bank. Two Frisian newspapers are now available via the Súdwest-Fryslân municipal archives: … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for September 2022
7 October 2022 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of all the new sources, news, and projects announced last month. Sources 60,000 birth records from the Gouda region have been added to the Middle Holland Regional Archives website. The information is also available at Open Archives. Indexes of church records and notarial records for several towns in east North-Brabant have been added to the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website. Several records regarding the creation of the province of Flevoland have been … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for August 2022
9 September 2022 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and other news announced last month. Sources 450,000 records from population registers 1900-1938 from Zeeland have been added to the Zeeuws Archief website. Several church, court, and notarial records from the east of Noord-Brabant have been added to the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website. Transcriptions of church, tax, and population registers of Nieuw- en Sint Joosland have been added to HoGenDa. Transcriptions of … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for July 2022
5 August 2022 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of all the new sources, websites, and projects that were announced last month. Sources Over a million scans of notarial records of Overijssel (1811-1925) have been added to the finding aid. Almost 60,000 of these scans have been automatically transcribed. These transcriptions are available via Zoek in transcripties. Church membership records of Steenwijk (1721-1882) have been scanned and indexed and can be searched via the Steenwijkerland municipal archives … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for June 2022
8 July 2022 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of all the sources, projects, and websites that were announced last month. Sources Almost 28,000 books have been digitized and added to Delpher. Most of the books are in the public domain and can be accessed online. More recent books can be consulted in the Royal Library reading room. Medieval manuscripts have been added to the online collections of the Athenaeum library of Deventer. Several civil registration records of Loon op Zand from the 1900s have been added … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for May 2022
3 June 2022 by Leave a Comment
This is an overview of the new sources, websites, and projects that were announced last month. Sources Death Duties files for Zeeland 1818-1927 have been added to the Zeeuws Archief website. The records of the village of Schijndel 1312-1811 have been digitized and are available via the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website. Many building permits in the east of Noord-Brabant have been scanned and are now available via the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website. Where … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for April 2022
6 May 2022 by 2 Comments
This is an overview of the new sources, websites, and projects that were announced last month. Sources The website Brabant in Beelden has added several videos of villages in Noord-Brabant to their website. Indexes of notarial records from the late 1800s have been added to the Westfries Archief website. Scans of index cards of The Hague church records have been added to the Haags Gemeentearchief website. The Indies Genealogical Society published an index of people who died in … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for February 2022
4 March 2022 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and news from archives announced last month. Sources Several archives are making progress with the national project to digitize notarial records: Scans of notarial records of Maastricht and Roermond (1896-1905) are now available at Archieven.nl. Scans of notarial archives of Appingedam (1812-1922) are available at Groninger Archieven. Scans of notarial records of Jutphaas (1694-1842) are now available at Utrechts Archief. … [Read more...]
