Today, we are looking at the entry of Jacob Hooggeboren and his family in the 1830 census from Rotterdam. Translation Note: The image shows only the left page of the register. This translation contains the text on both pages. Number of the house: 196Families per house: 1Residents per house: 7 Jacob Hooggeboren, 52 years, born Read more…
One of the questions I often get from clients outside the Netherlands, is: “can you find records that tell when my family left Holland?” Recently, a new source has become available to answer that question: the passenger lists of the Holland America Line. The original records have been digitized and volunteers are now entering names Read more…