Lisa
Feb 222012
I’ll be visiting the ‘streekarchief Rijnlands Midden’ in Alphen aan den Rijn for the first time this week. Time to sit down and work out what my main goals will be. Area of Interest This archive, which is a regional archive, covers the following municipalities: [...]
Feb 182012
My mother was blessed with the most common of surnames: Smith. Meaning Derived from the Anglo-Saxon “smitan,” to smite or strike, Smith and its derivations are an occupational name for a man who works with metal (smith or blacksmith), one of the earliest jobs for [...]
Feb 142012
The marriage of Paulus Pieter Kasteleijn and Evertje Overeem My fourth great grandparents were married 210 years ago today. They lived in Lange Ruige Weide, a small village in the province of Zuid-Holland and they were married in Linschoten a village in the province of [...]
Feb 122012
Today I would like to draw your attention to the book ‘In Memoriam’ by Guus Luijters and Aline Pennewaard. This book contains a list of all 17.964 Jewish, Roma and Sinti children that were deported from the Netherlands between 1942 and 1945. Of every child [...]
Feb 082012
Feb 042012
In september 1987 Hage Nap published a genealogy report in the Dutch historical magazine ‘Heemtijdinghen’. When I started researching my familytree the result of his research was a very important startingpoint for me. Meaning The word Nap in Dutch means: small wooden bowl. The name [...]
Feb 012012
John Rooke, born this day 250 years ago, eldest brother of my fourth great grandmother Mary Rooke and that is about all I know. So What Do I Know Birth John was born on the 1st of February 1762 at 12 o’clock night monday. His [...]
Jan 282012
Jan 242012
This obituary was published in “Memoirs of ministers and missionaries”, pages 353-354. A scan of the original pages can be found here Smith, Kenred was born at Willingham, Cambridgeshire, on 25th April, 1866. He became associated with St. Andrew’s Street Church, Cambridge, and was baptized [...]
