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Member of the Editorial Board of the Record
I am excited to announce I have joined the editorial board of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. The Record, as it is colloquially known, is a peer-reviewed journal focused on scholarly research into New York families. The Record has appeared for more than 150 years and is the second oldest genealogical journal in […]
Map of the Week – Aalten, 1867
Between 1865-1868, Jacob Kuyper published a series of atlases with municipal maps. These show the location of all the hamlets, villages, and larger towns in the municipality, as well as the main roads and railroads. The Kuyper maps are often available at the websites of archives or via Wikimedia Commons. This week we are looking at […]
Dutch Genealogy News for September 2024
Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news from the last month. Sources Death records of various municipalities in Noord-Brabant 1971-1973 have been digitized and indexed and can now be consulted via the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum. The Nieuwe Texelsche Courant 1896-1930, a newspaper for the island of Texel, is now available […]
Map of the week – Water boards in Drenthe, 1958
This week, we are looking at a map of waterschappen (water boards) in Drenthe in 1958. In the Netherlands, are responsible for the management of water, including flood prevention and drink water. Each region has its own water board. The boundaries of the water board are often determined by features in the landscape, such as […]
Map of the Week – Zeeland, 1659
In 1659, the famous mapmaker Joan Blaeu published his world atlas Tooneel des Aardrycks [Display of the Realm of Earth]. The archives in Leiden have made their atlas available online. This week we are looking at a map of Zeeland. Compared to a modern map, the province had many more islands in 1659. In this […]
Quick tip – Access Restrictions For People Born More Than 100 Years Ago
In the Netherlands, privacy laws restrict access to records of people who may still be alive. But this often affects records of people who were born (much) earlier too. A few examples: Death records are only public after 50 years. My great-grandmother was born in 1893 but her death record only became public this year […]
Dutch term – Boomgaard
A boomgaard is an orchard. In older records, you may see the word spelled as boomgaerd, bogaerd, or even bongerd. You may come across the term in land records. Some last names are derived from the word boomgaard: Van den Bogaerd, Van den Bogert, and even the Latinized Bogardus all mean “from the orchard.”
