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Royal Records

This week we celebrate two happy moments for the royal family. On 31 January the birthday of Princess Beatrix. In addition, on 2 February the 20th wedding anniversary of King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima. Records for both events are not public yet. As a result, we cannot have a look at these birth or Read more…

Posted on January 29, 2022February 1, 2023 Author John Boeren Comment(0)
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Jan Herm Kalmer’s trip to Illinois

In the middle of the 19th century many families from the Dutch province of Overijssel emigrated to the United States. One of them was Jan Herm Kalmer. He and his whole family left the Netherlands because of their religious background. Translation Today, 25 April 1831, appeared before the civil registrar of the municipality of Ambt Read more…

Posted on August 12, 2020August 17, 2020 Author John Boeren Comment(0)
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Corrected birth record of Wilhelmus Bernardus van Elk

Civil records are one of the most reliable sources. That is what we teach beginning genealogists in the Netherlands. In general, that statement is correct. Nevertheless, civil registrars were and are human beings and we all make mistakes. What if a name in a birth record was wrong? Translation The original record shows the birth Read more…

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Author John Boeren Comment(0)

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