Census records are a big help when reconstructing families. In the Netherlands we often use population registers for tracing people in the 19th century. In some towns we find precursors to the censuses. For example, this list of inhabitants of Sluipwijk, dated 1807. Translation [number of the house] B.45Willem van LeeuwenGrietje Burgerchildren: Klaas, Jan, Marrigje, Read more…
Populations registers list all persons who lived in a Dutch municipality, regardless of their nationality or place of birth. Anna Louise Slockers, who was born in Waverley near Sydney, Australia, lived in Baarle-Nassau for about 20 months. Thanks to this registration we know a lot about her family. Explanation of the columns Anne Louise’s entry Read more…
Today, we are looking at the entry of Aalbert van Loenen in the 1830 census from Hoogland. Translation Please note that we are looking at a census and not a population register. In a previous article we talked about the differences between these records. The image shows only a fragement of the left page of Read more…