After the webinar on Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands I did earlier this week, there were several interesting questions. I answered some of them in the Q&A session after the webinar. Since several of those referred to websites, I thought I'd answer them here as well. [Note: If you use the link to the webinar to view it, I will get a small commission and you will be sponsoring this free website and newsletter.] When did the Dutch stop using patronymics? Hereditary … [Read more...]

On Tuesday 16 July 2019, Yvette Hoitink presented a BCG webinar on "Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands." The webinar is now available for free for a limited time. You can watch the webinar at FamilyTreeWebinars for free for a week after the recording. After that, it is available via pay-per-view or subscription. The webinar comes with a 6-page-hand-out full of tips for researching Dutch ancestors. Note: If you view or subscribe using these links, Yvette will receive a … [Read more...]

On Tuesday 16 July 2019, Yvette Hoitink will present a webinar about "Lesser Used Sources for Research in the Netherlands." The webinar is part of the Board for Certification of Genealogist series of webinars at FamilyTreeWebinars. The Netherlands has excellent records. Records of births, marriages, and deaths were kept by the civil registration since 1811 and by churches since the early 1600s. Genealogists who don’t look beyond these records may create trees that go back ten generations, … [Read more...]