The decrees of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) were the start of a formal and structural registration of life events in the Roman Catholic Church. Soon after, the Dutch Reformed Church and other denominations started recording births, marriages and deaths too. Other – and sometimes older – documents might also refer to life events, for Read more…
November 11, 1918. An important date in world history, as it marks the end of World War I, or ‘the Great War’. For the first time it was a worldwide war, with several front lines in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The use of machine guns, poison gas, barbed wire, tanks and planes Read more…
When we talk to people outside the genealogy world, we often get the same questions. “Why are you so much interested in family history? Should you not leave the past alone? Is it not more important to care for living family members instead of spending so much time on those that have been dead for Read more…