New articles on Yvette\'s Dutch Genealogy Homepage http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:34:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl New articles on Yvette\'s Dutch Genealogy Homepage http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=156&Itemid=29 This is the second in a series of 12 articles about emigrants from the Frisian municipality of Dantumadeel, who settled in Pella, Iowa. This article was written by Kor Postma and translated by Thys de Jong. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:24:33 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=29 This is the first of a series of 12 articles about emigrants from the Frisian municipality of Dantumadeel, who settled in Pella, Iowa. This article was written by Kor Postma and translated by Thys de Jong. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=35 As part of the appendices to a marriage record, the groom had to submit proof that he had fulfilled his military duties. This certificate of the National Militia often contains a physical description. In some cases, the physical description is left blank, for example if the man did not have to serve because he had brothers in the army already. This article will give an overview of the most frequent Dutch terms and their translations. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:54:51 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=85 (/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=126)I've just added a Dutch genealogy store (/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=126) to the site. In this store, visitors can buy books, DVDs and prints about Dutch genealogy, history and culture. I've selected publications that I think would benefit somebody researching his Dutch roots. The store is powered by Amazon. This website receives a commission for all sales, enabling this website to remain free. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:27:42 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=85 It was about 15 years ago that I started this website. It was during my second trimester in University. All the computer science students were given internet access. We had discovered that we could place web pages on our personal internet accounts which would show up on the World Wide Web. I don't know the exact date but it must have been towards the end of 1993 or early in 1994. So I'm celebrating 15 years of Yvette's Dutch Genealogy Homepage today! Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:26:43 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=85 In 2007, I wrote a guide on how to set up image banks. The aim of the guide is to share best practices in creating online access to collections of images. The project was an initiative of the Taskforce Digital Accessibility of Archives (Taskforce Archieven (http://www.taskforce-archieven.nl/)) in the Netherlands. We formed a project group, consisting of image bank specialist from several archives in the Netherlands. I was involved as project manager and author of the guide. The Dutch National Archives are involved in a project to share knowledge with their Croatian counterparts. As part of this program, the guide was translated into English and then into Croatian. I thought visitors of this website might also be interested in this guide, so I put the English version here as well. The guide is available under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/nl/deed.en), so feel free to share the document with others. Download 'Setting up an image bank' (PDF, 381 KB). (/documents/ImageBanks.pdf) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:41:54 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=85 The Nationaal Archief, the National Archives of the Netherlands, has now joined Flickr the Commons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief). Like the Library of Congres, the Nationaal Archief is now using Flickr as a means to create wider access to the photo collection and ask the visitors for help in describing the collection. The first collections include a set of pictures of emigrants (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/sets/72157608114433731/). Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:25:25 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=85 I've just updated the genealogical database (http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/tng). It now includes about 42,500 people and their families. This includes almost 3,200 emigrants from the eastern part of the Achterhoek who emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century. This is just the tip of the iceberg and is by no means complete. I did enter all of the Winterswijk emigrants I could find in the period 1840-1880, often with their ancestors as well. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:52:21 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=85 I've just finished answering a series of questions by people attending the Dutch in Wisconsin conference. I gave a speech about the emigration from Winterswijk to Wisconsin in the nineteenth century. Here are the questions that I got and the answers I gave. I have expended some of the answers because I was able to do a little research. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:18:36 +0100 http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=146&Itemid=85 On occasion of the conference The Dutch-American Experience in Wisconsin: 1840-present (http://www.schrc.org/Educat.htm) which is taken place today I thought I write a post about some sources that are available for researching your Dutch immigrant ancestors in Wisconsin. www.flickr.com I've also uploaded some resources that are available to me to Flickr to make them available to a larger group of people. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:53:53 +0100