In 1993, I built my first website while I was a first year Computer Science major. I did not have to think long about a topic: genealogy, what else? Back then, hardly anybody had internet access in the Netherlands, so my target audience was Americans with Dutch ancestors. "Yvette's Dutch Genealogy Homepage" was born. I had no idea then how much impact this website would have on my career. Internet was all new and exciting, so soon the local chapters of the Dutch Genealogical Society came … [Read more...]