Judy Russell – aka The Legal Genealogist – recently wrote a blog post about the “push-pull questions of family history”. In this post she asks herself why Ida Agnes (Geissler) Oettel stayed in Germany. Many of her siblings emigrated to the United States. So, why did she not?This blog post made me realize that many Read more…
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Andries Boogaart, hospitalized in Middelburg
Exactly threehundred years ago, on 19 August 1720, Andries Boogaart became ill. We do not know what he suffered from, but he was admitted to hospital in Middelburg, Zeeland. Eight nights later the hospital released him. Translation We give a translation of all four entries, not only the one that pertains to Andries Boogaart. 15 Read more…