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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 – Gaarder
A gaarder is a collector, typically of taxes or tariffs. You may come across the term doing research in the province of Holland between 1695 and 1806, when a special tax (“impost”) was levied on …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 207 words
Map of the Week – Children not in School, 1887
This week we are looking at a thematic map from 1887. It shows the percentage of children between the ages of 6 and 12 who were not in primary school. The statistics were shown per …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 350 words
How to Convert Old Dutch Weights and Measures
In the Netherlands, the metric system was introduced in 1816. Before that time, different areas used different weights and measures. Not only did they use different terms, but the amount indicated by the term could …
On , by Yvette Hoitink, 386 words