Last we week we wrote about Brandina Hendriks, who went to court in 1901 to divorce her husband Cornelis Wouterus Schimmel. According to her story he had left her in 1894. One of our reads wondered if more information is available in the population registers of Ede and / or Barneveld. So we looked for Read more…
In previous posts we gave examples of marriages. Some of these marriages took place prior to 1811 and were recorded in church books or parish registers. Other marriages took place in the 19th or 20th century and were recorded in the civil registers. Unfortunately not all of these couples lived happily ever after… some even Read more…
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…