Genealogy is all about names: first names or given names, family names or surnames. When you are reading old documents, you will find ‘obscure’ names; names that nowadays are very, very uncommon. These ‘lost’ names are often difficult to read, because they do not make sense to us anymore. But what if a priest or Read more…
Dutch regional newspapers had a scoop today (24 December 2022): research has solved the mystery whether Vincent van Gogh was the father of the child that one of his models had in 1885. Y-DNA gave the final answer after 137 years: no, he was not. Brabant Vincent van Gogh spent his early years in Noord-Brabant. Read more…
In the last few months we have received requests from clients in Australia, Canada and the United States who were looking for more information about their Dutch grandparents. Each of them had a very specific reason why they did not know much (or even anything) about their ‘oma’ or ‘opa’. Let us take a look Read more…