Dutch Genealogy News – June 2025

27 June 2025 by Leave a Comment

This is an overview of all the new sources, projects, and other news of the past month.

Sources

  • Scans of a part of the Aldermen’s Court Records of Helmond (1396-1810) are now available via RHC Eindhoven. The remaining records are being uploaded.
  • Birth records of Diessen, Drunen, Eindhoven, Helmond, Mierlo, Nieuwkuijk, Oudheusden, and Riethoven 1923-1924 have been indexed and digitized and can be searched at the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum.
  • Transcriptions of the court of Kampen and Kamperveen (1580..1622) are now available via Kampen Notarieel.
  • The periodical Egmondsche Badbode (1896-1940) has been digitized and is now full-text searchable at the Regionaal Archief Alkmaar.
  • Passport applications from Gouda (1920-1930) have been digitized and indexed and are available via Streekarchief Midden-Holland.
  • Transcriptions of Morgenboeken [land tax records] of Ter Aar have been added to Genealogie Rijnland.
  • 238 Limburg charters are available via Waarvan Akte. This includes the oldest record in the Netherlands, a charter of the Thorn abbey from 950 AD.
charter

Charter from 950 AD, the oldest record in the Netherlands. Credits Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (public domain)

Archives

  • The Flevolands Archief has expanded their free Scanning on Demand service to more record groups.
  •  The Zeeuws Archief acquired a collection of photos of Middelburg and Vlissingen around World War II. These will be digitized. [Source: Zeeuws Archief]
  • Part of the Central Archives of Special Jurisdiction, the archives of the investigations after World War II into collaborators with the Nazis, will be full-text searchable in the reading room of the National Archives, by appointment only. [Source: Nationaal Archief]

Suspected collaborators, including two young girls who had their hair shorn off for having German boyfriends, arrested during the liberation of Deventer on 11 April 1945. Credits: Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief (CC-0)

Projects

  • Family cards of former municipalities in De Fryske Marren and Súdwest-Fryslân (1922-1939) are being indexed. Volunteers can report to Vele Handen.
  • A subseries of the records of the States-General, the governing body of the Dutch Republic between 1576 and 1796, is being digitized. [Source: Nationaal Archief]
  • Some call numbers from the Court of Holland are being digitized. [Source: Nationaal Archief]
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About Yvette Hoitink

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.

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