Over the past few weeks, I have been thoroughly reviewing the burial registers of Tilburg. Not because I was looking for additional information about my own family members, many of whom came from this city in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. No, I wanted to get to know these registers better. Burial registers are often Read more…
For a long time, the rules regarding surnames in the Netherlands were not too complex. Children from a legal marriage were given the father’s surname. Children born to unmarried mothers were given the mother’s surname. But a new law has changed this from 1 January 2024. Napoleon Let us go back in time… Until 1811, Read more…
In recent days, Dutch media reported about a document found in the private archive of Prince Bernhard, the husband of former Queen Juliana. This document – a membership certificate – shows that the prince was a member of the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler’s party. Today the current king responded to this discovery. He said: “We have Read more…