From the moment I began to explore the history of her family, my grandmother Martha Jansen née Snoeren invariably said every time I discussed a namesake with her, “Oh, but that’s not a member of our family.” She would say the same over and over again, even though I was able to show her quite […]
Last February, I visited Salt Lake City for the first time in my life. For many years I had heard about the import role the LDS church plays in the genealogy world and I had worked with FamilySearch, as this website also offers many records from the Netherlands. A couple of years ago I learned […]
Wow, just wow… #THEGenShow2019 was an incredible experience! I never doubted it would be a successful, new, premier and international genealogy event. However, I never thought it would be like this and it certainly never came to my mind it would be so rewarding. How did I get involved? I received an e-mail from Kirsty […]