Here is an overview of the new online sources, projects, and other news of the past month. Sources The notarial records of Haarlem and surrounding municipalities 1570-1810 are now full-text searchable. The records have been transcribed using handwritten text recognition, a type of artificial intelligence trained to read Dutch manuscripts. The Westfries Archief is now offering their building plans in their region in an interactive viewer. You have to zoom in to see the markers for houses … [Read more...]

Here is an overview of the latest sources, projects, and other news about Dutch genealogy. Sources All notarial records from the city of Utrecht 1560-1811 are now available via the Utrechts Archief. The records have been scanned and indexed. An index of baptisms of Gouda (1719-1736, 1756-1798) is now available via Genealogie Rijnland. An index of orphan chamber records from Woerden 1623-1653 is now available via Genealogie Rijnland. Various transcriptions of tax records from … [Read more...]

Here is an overview of all of the new sources, projects, and other news from the past month. Sources Indexes and scans of birth records of Bathmen (1843-1880), marriage records of Steenwijk (1933-1942), and death records of Denekamp, Diepenheim, Genemuiden, Goor, and Zwollekerspel have been added to Open Archives. Marriage duties of Hoorn 1721-1797 are now available via the Westfries Archief. Vollenhove baptismal records 1697..1761 have been indexed and are available via Van Papier … [Read more...]

Here is an overview of all the new sources, websites, and news from archives that came out in the past month. Sources Death Duties Files of Brabant 1903-1927 have been digitized and indexed and can be searched at the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum website. Catholic baptisms, marriages, and burials, and marriage duties registers of Hoorn have been indexed and are now available via the West-Fries Archief. Leiden police reports from World War II (1940-1945) can now be consulted … [Read more...]

This is an overview of the new sources, websites, and other news of the past month. Sources Birth, marriage, and deaath records of Avereest and birth records of Bathmen have been digitized and indexed. They are available via Open Archieven. Notarial records of Haarlem and the regions Kennemerland and Amstel- en Meerlanden in North Holland for 1811-1925 have been automatically transcribed. They are now full-text searchable. The orphanage registers of Bolsward 1660-1925 have been … [Read more...]

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 Historisch Informatie Centrum. These are mainly records that have become public in recent years. Several church records of Hoorn have been … [Read more...]

Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news from the past month. Sources The De Hullu Collection at the Zeeuws Archief has been largely digitized. De. J. de Hullu made many scientific notes and transcripts, mainly regarding the history of the western part of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. His collection is of special importance since many original records from the area were lost in World War II. Many Noord-Brabant death records 1971-1973 have been scanned and indexed and are … [Read more...]

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 via the Regionaal Archief Alkmaar. A transcription of the orphan chamber records of Bodegraven 1619-1724 is now available via … [Read more...]