There are quite a few websites that give us insight into what happened on a specific day 100 years ago, for example. On Twitter, the hashtag #OTD (short for On This Day) shows dozens of tweets with news from the past. One event is certainly not listed: the death of Berend Kronenberg in Streukel, in Read more…
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Jozef Frans Boeren’s funeral notice
Today, we are looking at the funeral notice for Jozef Frans Boeren, who died in 1947. This kind of death announcement sometimes looks like a card, but often more like a letter. It is not only the announcement of the person’s death, but also an invitation to attend the funeral. Translation The text starts with Read more…
Family Recordings from the 1950s
Last week a friend of mine tagged me in a Facebook post. Simone Oosterwijk from Woensdrecht in the Netherlands, needed help and my friend thought I was THE person to jump in. So, why did Simone need help? Thrift shop A while ago she found a round, flat iron tin in a small thrift shop. Read more…