Wordless Wednesday

 Posted by on 16 May 2012
May 162012
 

Arie Nap (1872-1955)

Surname Saturday | Schinkel

 Posted by on 12 May 2012
May 122012
 
Surname Saturday | Schinkel

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 [...]

Liberation Day

 Posted by on 5 May 2012
May 052012
 
Liberation Day

Today is Liberation Day in Holland. Film: The Canadians Liberate Holland

Jan Korver | Much to do about nothing

 Posted by on 4 May 2012
May 042012
 
Jan Korver | Much to do about nothing

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 [...]

Wordless Wednesday

 Posted by on 2 May 2012
May 022012
 
Wordless Wednesday

Surname Saturday | Greening

 Posted by on 28 Apr 2012
Apr 282012
 
Surname Saturday | Greening

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…

Wordless Wednesday

 Posted by on 18 Apr 2012
Apr 182012
 
Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday Mum!

 Posted by on 12 Apr 2012
Apr 122012
 
Happy Birthday Mum!

Today would have been your seventieth birthday.

Hilary Jasmine Smith [1947-1997]

 Posted by on 9 Mar 2012
Mar 092012
 
Hilary Jasmine Smith [1947-1997]

In memory of aunty Jasmin, who died 15 years ago, just 50.

Kaatje Tukker [1830-1910]

 Posted by on 8 Mar 2012
Mar 082012
 
Kaatje Tukker [1830-1910]

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 [...]