Sunday morning, 10.30am. When I arrive at Utrecht Central Station, the DeGroot family (of Wyoming, United States) is already waiting for me. They took that morning the train from Amsterdam to Utrecht, ready for their heritage trip. A week before I sent them an itinerary: I had planned visits to Goudriaan, Noordeloos, Achthoven and Lexmond. […]
This year we celebrate the anniversary of the death of one of the most famous Dutch painters, Rembrandt van Rijn. He died on 4 October 1669, thus 350 years ago. Anniversaries like this, especially of internationally known persons, are celebrated with lots of special activities. Not less than nineteen exhibitions are scheduled, in cities like […]
Andrew Evans approached us in June 2016 because he was looking for information regarding his maternal grandfather. He had few details, and research was complicated because his grandfather not only lived in several countries, he also used different family names. Two and a half years later, he used all the documents he found to create […]