Dutch Genealogy News for February 2025

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...]

Dutch Genealogy News for December 2024

Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and other news announced this month. Sources The resolutions of the States-General 1576-1796 are now full-text searchable via Goetgevonden (direct link to search form). The States-General was the central government of the Dutch Republic, combinining legislative and executive powers. An English version of the website will follow. A book of prayers from around 1470 has been digitized and can now be views online at the Drents Archief … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for October 2024

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...]

Dutch Genealogy News for September 2024

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...]

Dutch Genealogy News for August 2024

This is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news announced this past month. Sources 57 newspapers (almost 155,000 issues) have been added to Delpher, where they can be searched full-text. This includes several local and regional papers, including for Utrecht, Groningen, Zwolle, and Breda. You can search in the latest additions. The Streekarchief Midden-Holland, the archives for the region around Gouda, have digitized several cemetery registers. Municipalities were … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for July 2024

Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news announced in the past month. Sources The Staten van Oorlog [War Rosters] 1595-1795 are now available via the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum. These rosters include information about various people who held important positions in the Dutch army, such as officers who led companies, watch commanders, ministers, etc. The rosters provide detailed information about the structure of the army at the level of individual … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for June 2024

Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and websites that were announced last month. Sources Death records of Suriname (1846-1915) have been digitized and indexed and are available on the website of the National Archives of Suriname. The Ward Registers of Paramaribo, Suriname 1828-1847 have been digitized and indexed and are available on the website of the National Archives of Suriname.  The ward registers are annual recordings of all the free people living at each address. … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for May 2024

This is an overview of all the new sources, projects, and other news of the past month. Sources Gelderland birth records (1913-1922), marriage records (1943-1947), and death records (1961-1972) have been scanned and indexed and can now be consulted via the Gelders Archief. That includes the birth records of my grandparents. This completes the project "Van de Wieg tot Graf" [From Cradle to Grave] that started in 1998 to index the Gelderland civil registration records. 421,264 scans have … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for April 2024

Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news from the past month. Sources The stories of 2100 Engelandvaarders [England sailors] are now available at the National Archives website. Engelandvaarders were Dutch citizens who went to the United Kingdom during World War II, where they were debriefed by British and Dutch security services. The interrogation reports are now online at the website of the National Archives. Petitions to the parliament of the Batavian Republic … [Read more...]

Dutch Genealogy News for March 2024

Here are the new sources, websites, projects and other news announced in the past month. Sources Many of the court records of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen 1447-1796 have been scanned and can be consulted via the finding aid. Many Zeeland church records 1527-1810 have been scanned and can be consulted via the finding aid. The recess books (general series) of the court of Wijmbritseradeel (1591-1594, 1604-1608) have been added to Alle Friezen. Abstracts of court and notarial records of … [Read more...]