Two days ago we saw a post online about a book that Nicolaas Lakeman wrote in 1653. The author believed she was a descendant of this doctor, who lived in Amsterdam. We were curious and asked her for more details. “I was tracing back my paternal grandmother’s line and was curious about the surname ‘Lakeman’ Read more…
Nowadays, everybody can start researching his or her family history. A lot of information is published on the internet. In the Netherlands, the most frequently used sources are digitized and freely available. Indexes and databases are a big help. Nevertheless, one of the most prominent methodological priciples is: always check the original source. To demonstrate Read more…
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…