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…
Today, we are looking at the marriage record of Maria van Hoof (1944). Translation No. 11Today, the thiry-first of May nineteen hundred forty-four, appeared before me, civil registrar of the municipality of Woensdrecht, in the townhall to marry:– Simon Rommens, 27 years old, chauffeur, born and living in Woensdrecht, adult son of Cornelis Rommens, 73 Read more…
Antecedentia | Genealogy in the Netherlands is proud to support the making of the documentary ‘From Houdoe to How do …?’ This movie shows the importance of our roots. They accompany us everywhere, wherever we are in the world. EmigrationOver a period of more than 110 years, Catholics from the Netherlands, mostly from the eastern Read more…