Today, we are looking at the marriage record of Marie Haverbeke (1910). Translation Today, the third of May nineteen hundred ten, appeared before me, civil registrar of the municipality of IJzendijke, in order to marry:– Petrus Carolus Clement Haverbeke, 24 years old, farmer by profession, born in IJzendijke and living in IJzendijke, adult son of Read more…
We all love old photographs, do we not? Especially the really old ones that show generations of our family that we never met. They give us an idea about our ancestors: what did they look like? The photographs connect us with those relatives from the past. But what if you do not have photographs of Read more…
Today, we are looking at the burial entry of Michel Trico (1742). Translation Sunday 29th April [1742] Michel Trico, in the Laatste Blomdwarstraat between Blomstr[aat] and Roosegr[ach]t. Comments The burial registers show a lot of abbreviations. In Michel Trico’s entry we see, for example:– WAG stands for Waals Gereformeerd which means he was a member Read more…