Arie Nap (1872-1955)
May 162012
May 122012
When I first started out with family history, my father asked me to research the ancestors of his grandmother Janna first. So I did. He hoped I would find a link between the Schinkels in our tree to Schinkels living in Kampen, the place he [...]
May 052012
Today is Liberation Day in Holland. Film: The Canadians Liberate Holland
May 042012
Today is National Remembrance Day in Holland and I would like to pay tribute to Jan Korver who, as a result of a minor incident in August 1944, died in the Neuengamme concentration-camp in Hamburg, Germany on 22 November 1944. What follows is a summary [...]
May 022012
Apr 282012
There’s not a lot of Greenings in my tree, so I decided to try something different. Here is my first Surname Saturday Infographic. Let me know what you think…
Apr 182012
Apr 122012
Today would have been your seventieth birthday.
Mar 092012
![Hilary Jasmine Smith [1947-1997]](http://www.nap-kin.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/PHO-0261-63x100.jpg)
In memory of aunty Jasmin, who died 15 years ago, just 50.
Mar 082012
![Kaatje Tukker [1830-1910]](http://www.nap-kin.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/dorpsgezichtKamerik-100x63.jpg)
On this International Women’s Day I would like to honour my 2nd great grandmother Kaatje Tukker. She didn’t do any great things, become famous or very rich, she simply dealt with life as it came. Early Years She was born on August 25th 1830 in [...]
