Have you watched season 8, episode 1 of the TV show Finding Your Roots? In this episode the actress Rebecca Hall was one of the guests. If you did not see it then here is a preview. What the show did not mention is that Rebecca has a Dutch grandmother! If you did watch, you Read more…
Today, we are looking at a card that was made for Pieter Paulus Cornelis Eijgenhuizen when he was admitted in the ‘Veenhuizen work colony’, a place (or prison) for paupers. Translation The card consists of four pages. Page 1 gives personal data, for example names, date of birth, parents, occupation, previous convictions. Pages 1 and Read more…