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…
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…
Today, we are looking at the birth record of Johannes Hermannus Wolters (1899). His original name was Johannes Hermannus Roode. Translation No. 89Today, 29 May 1899, appeared before us, Nicolaus Xaverius Theodorus Maria Vos de Wael, civil registrar of the municipality of Oldenzaal: Fenna Spit, 72 years old, midwife, living in Oldenzaal. Two witnesses assisted Read more…