Dutch Genealogy News for May 2025

30 May 2025 by 2 Comments

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 naar Digitaal.
  • Oldenzaal population registers 1830-1921 are available via the Oldenzaal City Archives.
  • A transcription of a tax ledger of a forced loan in 1600 for various places in Zuid-Holland is available via Genealogie Rijnland.
  • School pupil registration cards of Amsterdam, 1931-1970, are available via the Amsterdam City Archives. They are organized alphabetically.
Children in class

Children using an abacus in school. Image credits: Spaarnestad Photo

Archives

  • The Central Archive for Special Jurisdiction will become available in digital format at the National Archives in The Hague. Those records were planned to become public as of 1 January 2025, but was delayed because that conflicted with Dutch privacy laws. A new law is in the works, but in the meantime people can consult the records in person in the reading room, by appointment. For more details about this record group, see Source – Central Archive for Special Jurisdiction.
  • Historisch Centrum Limburg has expanded their free scanning on demand service to records that are kept in their Heerlen facility. See this overview of record groups in Heerlen.

Projects

  • Civil registration records of twenty municipalities in the Gouda area are being indexed. Volunteers can report to Vele Handen.
  • The Central Bureau for Genealogy has started a project to index passport applications for the Dutch East Indies (approximately: modern-day Indonesia). Volunteers can report to Het Volk.
  • Rotterdam Lloyd passenger lists 1880-1969 are being indexed. Volunteers can report to Het Volk.
Departure of an emigrant ship

Departure of an emigrant ship. Credits: Steenkamp, collection Nationaal Archief

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Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.

Comments

  1. Randy Seaver says
    30 June 2025 at 9:52 pm

    Did you mean June?

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