Newspapers sometimes announced important events in our ancestors’ lives. Knowing that an event took place can lead you to other records.
Examples:
- A family announcement may lead you to birth, marriage, or death records.
- An announcement of a public auction of real or personal goods may alert you to possible notarial records.
- A call for creditors to come forward may alert you to a bankruptcy.
- A notice by a company that someone is no longer their agent may alert you to company records.
- A list of arriving passengers may lead to to find the full passenger list.
- A notice about an accident suggests there may be police records.
You can search many Dutch newspapers in Delpher.
Soldiers reading a newspaper. Credits: Eric Koch, collection Nationaal Archief (CC-BY)
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