This is the fifteenth post in a series about my possible line of descent from Eleanor of Aquitaine. In the first post, I explained how I discovered the possible line, and how I am going to verify it one generation at a time. In the last post, I proved that my tenth great-grandmother Aleid Laureijs Colen was the daughter of Laureijs Denis Colen and Catharina Jan Adriaens Smolders. Laureijs Denis Colen, son of Barbara Peter Goijaert Pulskens Research into Aleid's parents already turned up … [Read more...]
Was Eleanor of Aquitaine my Ancestor? Generation 14 – Laureijs Denis Colen
18 January 2019 by 4 Comments
Yvette Hoitink featured guest at VGA’s Ask Me Anything
16 January 2019 by Leave a Comment
Do you have questions about Dutch Genealogy that you've always wanted to ask? Or are you just curious about the strange person who has been writing all these blog posts? This Friday (January 18th), feel free to Ask Me Anything. I will be this month's guest for the Ask Me Anything session of the Virtual Genealogical Association. Past guests were Judy Russell, Nathan Goodwin, and Drew Smith. The session is open to all Virtual Genealogical Association members and will be held in a thread on … [Read more...]
Immigrant example: Researching Hiram B. Ferverda (1854-1925)
11 January 2019 by Leave a Comment
My client and friend Roberta Estes blogged about her great-grandfather, Hiram Bauke Ferverda (1854-1925). Her blog post tells about the early years of Hiram, who grew up in Friesland before emigrating to the United States at the age of 14, based on research I did for her. The article highlights the results and features Roberta's own visits to the places where Hiram lived. I thought I would share how I discovered Hiram Ferverda in Dutch records, a key step when researching immigrants, as an … [Read more...]
Dutch term – Gulden, Stuiver, Penning
7 January 2019 by Leave a Comment
In many older Dutch records, you will find sums of money noted in guldens [guilders], stuivers [stivers], and penningen [pennies]. 1 gulden = 20 stuivers 1 stuiver = 16 penningen For example, fl. 2 : 10 : 1 means 2 guilders, 10 stivers and 1 penny. Fl. is the abbreviation for florijn [florin], an old name for guilder used to denote the currency. This system remained was in use in most parts of the Netherlands until 1816. The southern parts used Flemish pounds. In 1816, the coin … [Read more...]
Dutch Genealogy News for December 2018
4 January 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and news about archives that were announced last month. Online sources The Regional Archives in Tilburg published several abstracts of court and notarial records of Tilburg, Loon op Zand, Oisterwijk and Moergestel. See the blog post for details. A report on the field names of the former municipality of Princenhage is now available online. Go to Downloads > Erfgoedrapporten Overig > Veldnamen in Princenhage. The Bosch' Protocol, … [Read more...]
Dutch records that are public as of 1 January 2019
1 January 2019 by 4 Comments
Happy New Year everybody! Many record series have schedules that determine when they become public. Here are some of the civil registration records that have become public today: Birth records from 1918, which includes my maternal grandfather Johannes Marijnissen. Marriage records from 1943, which includes my maternal grandparents Johannes Marijnissen and Catharina Flooren. Death records from 1968. Not all archives immediately scan and index those records, so they may not be … [Read more...]
25 Years of Dutch Genealogy
28 December 2018 by 16 Comments
PARTY TIME!!! The Dutch Genealogy website is 25 years old! The website started out as Yvette's Dutch Genealogy Homepage. I don't know the exact date, but it toward the end of 1993, shortly after I started studying Computer Science. All the students got webspace to experiment with this new invention called The Internet. I had been an enthusiastic genealogist for several years so I chose to create a web page about genealogy. It was in English, since there were no Dutch genealogists online at … [Read more...]
Quick Tip – Crossed Out Does Not Mean Incorrect
26 December 2018 by 1 Comment
Just because a record or part of a record is crossed out, does not mean it is incorrect. Often, records were struck through when they were no longer valid or needed. For example, a court record about a debt was struck through after the debt was paid, sometimes with a note in the margin about the payment. In population registers, a line was struck through if the person died or moved away. So don't ignore evidence you can find in these records just because the words have been crossed out. … [Read more...]
Was Eleanor of Aquitaine my Ancestor? Generation 13 – Aleid Laureijs Colen
21 December 2018 by 5 Comments
This is the fourteenth post in a series about my possible line of descent from Eleanor of Aquitaine. In the first post, I explained how I discovered the possible line, and how I am going to verify it one generation at a time. In the last post, I proved that my ninth great-grandfather Laureijs Denis Peters was the son of Denis Peters, also known as Pulskens, and Aleid Laureijs Colen. Aleid Laureijs Colen, daughter of Laureijs Denijs Colen The research to prove that Laureijs Denis Peters was the … [Read more...]
Dutch term – Pokkenbriefje
17 December 2018 by Leave a Comment
A pokkenbriefje is a pox letter, given by a doctor to confirm that a child has been vaccinated against the pox. In 1823, a new law required all children to submit a pokkenbriefje before they were admitted in school. Pokkenbriefjes can sometimes be found in school records. … [Read more...]
