Today, we are looking at the name adoption by the Broemet family in Amsterdam (1811). Translation Before us, deputy mayor, as civil registrar of the municipality of Amsterdam, department of Zuiderzee, first arrondissement, appeared: Simon Hijmans, living at Oude Doelestraat no. 3, canton 2; who declared to adopt the family name of Broemet, and the Read more…
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Census entry for Jacob Hooggeboren
Today, we are looking at the entry of Jacob Hooggeboren and his family in the 1830 census from Rotterdam. Translation Note: The image shows only the left page of the register. This translation contains the text on both pages. Number of the house: 196Families per house: 1Residents per house: 7 Jacob Hooggeboren, 52 years, born Read more…
Baptism of Jacobus Haijkes
Today, we are looking at the baptismal entry of Jacobus, son of Haijke Jacobus (1798). Translation On the 17th [of May 1798] a son of Haijke Jacobus and Christina Allardij, born on [blank] May and called Jacobus. Comments Delfzijl was an important town in the province of Groningen. Thanks to its geographical situation the town Read more…



