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Dutch Genealogy

Find your ancestors from the Netherlands.

  • By Yvette Hoitink
  • Based in Netherlands
  • Roughly two posts per week
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Dutch term – El, Palm, Duim, Streep
In physical descriptions, you may come across the terms el, palm, duim, and streep. You may see these in military records, prison records, or other types of registers that recorded the person’s height. The English …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 293 words
Map of the Week – Nautical Chart of the Zeeland and Holland Coast
This week we are looking at a nautical chart made by Pieter Goos from an atlas published between 1666 and 1683. It shows the access routes to the South Holland and Zeeland rivers and cities. …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 174 words
Source – Central Archive for Special Jurisdiction (CABR)
After World War II, about 425,000 people in the Netherlands were investigated by the Special Jurisdiction for collaboration with the Germans. The records of these investigations and court records are kept in the Central Archive …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 1,349 words