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…
Last week a friend of mine tagged me in a Facebook post. Simone Oosterwijk from Woensdrecht in the Netherlands, needed help and my friend thought I was THE person to jump in. So, why did Simone need help? Thrift shop A while ago she found a round, flat iron tin in a small thrift shop. Read more…