Yvette Hoitink is an award-winning author who publishes about genealogical research in the Netherlands, emigration, local history, and technology. Yvette serves on the editorial board of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
Books
Hoitink, Yvette. Wegwijzer Opzetten van Beeldbanken [Guide to Creating Image Banks]. The Hague, Netherlands: Taskforce Archieven, 2018).
Hoitink, Yvette and Jeroen van Luin. Internet bij Stamboomonderzoek [Internet for Genealogical Research]. The Hague, Netherlands: Central Bureau for Genealogy, 2006 (first edition: 2002).
Hinke, Jan, Yvette Hoitink, and Evert Ulrich, eds. Dat Coevent toe Oldenzal [The Convent in Oldenzaal]. Hengelo, Netherlands: Broekhuis, 2004.
Journal Articles
Hoitink, Yvette. “Four Farms, Four Names: The Identity and Parentage of Dirk Weversborg of the Netherlands.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 110 (March 2022): 53–66. Winner of the NGS Award for Excellence.
_____. “Mutual Cultural Heritage.” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (December 2017).
_____. “Attract More Visitors to Your Website.” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (September 2017).
_____. “Working with International Clients: Opportunities and Challenges Across Borders.” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (March 2017).
_____. “Using Content Marketing to Grow Your Business.” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (September 2015): 134–39. Winner of the APGQ Excellence Award.
_____. “Griete Smit’s Parents: Proof in tthe Absence of Vital Records.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 104 (December 2016): 245–56.
_____. “Die Skizze des virtuellen Lesesaals” [The Contours of the Virtual Reading Room]. Archivplege in Westfalen-Lippe (January 2007): 32–33.
Other Publications
Hoitink, Yvette. “Researching Nineteenth-Century Dutch Immigrants.” National Genealogical Society Magazine (March 2018): 17–22.
_____. “Using Proof by Contradiction to Focus Your Research.” OnBoard, newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (September 2017).
_____. “Report: Investigating the Genealogy Services Market. Europeana Professional. 15 January 2015.
_____. “Finding Your Dutch Ancestors Online.” Internet Genealogy (November 2014).
_____. “Patterns of Emigration from the Achterhoek.” Diverse Destinies: Dutch Kolonies in Wisconsin and the East (2012).
_____. “Middeleeuwse regesten gevonden in Oldenzaal” [Medieval abstracts found in Oldenzaal]. Oost-Gelders Tijdschrift voor Genealogie en Boerderijonderzoek (August 1997): 87–88.
_____. “Harmen Jasink, de Kotter an het Loh” [Harmen Jasink, the tenang at the Loh]. Oost-Gelders Tijdschrift voor Genealogie en Boerderijonderzoek (May 1997): 61–64.
_____. “Digitaal” [Digital]. Column in Gen, the magazine of the Central Bureau for Genealogy (2012–2018).
Websites
Dutch Genealogy. Information about genealogical research in the Netherlands. Established in 1993, this is one of the oldest genealogy websites.
Heerlijkheid Bredevoort. Publication of sources about the former manor of Bredevoort in Gelderland, the Netherlands.
Sint Anna ter Muiden, with Marianne Gossije. One-place-study of the small town of Sint Anna ter Muiden, Zeeland, Netherlands.
Netherlands Genealogy. One-place-study of the area around Winterswijk, including over 6,000 emigrants from that region to the United States in the 1800s.
