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Map of the Week – Groningen, 1895
This week, we are looking at a map of the city of Groningen from 1895. The map shows the streets in the center, the cemetery outside the wawlls, and the surrounding countryside. An inset map displays the changes between 1863 and 1888, when the city walls were demolished and new streets created on the southside […]
New Additions To My Library
A large library gives a genealogist or historian strategic depth. It is where we can retreat to increase our understanding and sharpen our arguments. I have been doing genealogy since 1991 and have collected a large library, spread across the four floors of our house. Some items are directly related to genealogy, such as genealogical […]
Map of the Week – Limburg, 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 Blaeu’s map of the Duchy of Limburg. In the east, we can see the river Meuse [Maas in Dutch, […]
New Netherland Ancestors Seminar
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society is hosting a one-day virtual seminar about New Netherland ancestors on 2 May 2025. John Blythe Dobson will share how to discover New Netherland settlers in published sources, and how we are developing sketches fo rthe New Netherland Settlers project. I will be giving presentations about tracing New […]
Dutch Genealogy News for February 2025
Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and other news of the past month. Sources Court records of several local courts in Groningen, mainly for the 1600-1811 period, are now available via FamilySearch. Birth, marriage, and death records of several municipalities in Noord-Brabant are now scanned and indexed and available via the Brabants […]
Quick Tip – Video about New Amsterdam
The YouTube channel Defragged History just published the first episode of a series about Uncovering the Fascinating History of New Amsterdam: New York’s Origin Story. The video, which is 70 minutes long, gives the historical context, including about the West India Company, Eighty Years’ War, the Dutch Reformed Church, the Pilgrims, and many other topics […]
Dutch term – Vaandrig
A vaandrig is an ensign, the lowest officer rank in the army. From the 1800s, the term is more specifically used for officers-in-training. The rank was also used in civil militias. You may come across the term in a range of records, including military records, church records, and town records.
