In the first week of September, I had the privilige to guide a group of Americans who signed up for the Netherlands Trip of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B). All participants are descendants of 17th century Dutch immigrants. What did we do? Leiden On the first day we visited Leiden. In the Read more…
In 2016 Peter and Patti from Minnesota (USA) asked me to help them plan a heritage trip in the Netherlands. Patti’s paternal ancestors all came from places like Andijk, Weesp, and Vianen. We then spent a full day to visit a couple of places, to get an idea where the previous generations lived and worked. Read more…
Judy Russell – aka The Legal Genealogist – recently wrote a blog post about the “push-pull questions of family history”. In this post she asks herself why Ida Agnes (Geissler) Oettel stayed in Germany. Many of her siblings emigrated to the United States. So, why did she not?This blog post made me realize that many Read more…