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Map of the Week – Holland, 1659

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Published: October 21, 2024 08:00

In 1659, the famous mapmaker Joan Blaeu published his world atlas Tooneel des Aardrycks [Display of the Realm of Earth]. The archives in Leiden have made their atlas available online. This week we are looking at his map of the county of Holland. The map…

Dutch Genealogy News for October 2024

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Published: October 18, 2024 08:00

Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and other news from the past month. Sources The De Hullu Collection at the Zeeuws Archief has been largely digitized. De. J. de Hullu made many scientific notes and transcripts, mainly regarding the history…

Map of the Week – Connections in Utrecht, circa 1919

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Published: October 14, 2024 08:00

This map, created shortly after the end of World War I, shows the different connections in the province of Utrecht The legend identifies the different types of lines on the map: railroads tramways paved roads gravel roads provincial border dikes hills. The…

Named Fellow for the New Netherland Settlers project

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Published: October 9, 2024 08:00

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has awarded a $12,000 grant to the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society to support a Fellow for their New Netherland Settlers project. I am honored to announce I have been named in that position. As a Fellow, I…

Map of the Week – Overijssel, 1680

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Published: October 7, 2024 08:00

This map of Overijssel was originally created by Nicolaas ten Have and printed by Frederik de Wit in 1680. Such maps can be useful to understand the location where your ancestor lived. It shows the major roads and rivers. It also shows the jurisdictions,…

Dutch term – Kerkdienst

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Published: October 4, 2024 08:00

A kerkdienst is a church service. In most places in the Netherlands, churches are no more than 10 km (6 miles) apart, so anyone can walk to church within an hour (two if the roads are muddy). In the image below we see a group of people leaving a church,…

Map of the Week – Leiden, 1574

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Published: September 30, 2024 08:00

This week we are looking at a map of Leiden from the  atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg. The map dates from 1574, during the Eighty Years’ War or the Dutch Revolt, whereby the Netherlands fought for independence from the Habsburg…

5 Alternatives for Non-Public Birth, Marriage, or Death Records

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Published: September 27, 2024 08:00

In the Netherlands, vital records do not immediately become public but remain closed for a certain period: Birth records: 100 years Marriage records: 75 years Death records: 50 years. The records become public on 1 January of the year following the embargo…

Map of the week – Waterland, circa 1573

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Published: September 23, 2024 08:00

Around 1573, cartographer Christiaan sGroten created an atlas of the Netherlands and Germany for the King of Spain. At this time, the Netherlands were part of the Habsburg empire, headed by King Philip II of Spain. The Dutch Revolt had started several…

Dutch term – Omnummeren

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Published: September 20, 2024 08:00

Omnummeren means to renumber. In the past, addresses often changed from one census/population register to the next. The houses would be omgenummerd; renumbered. This can make it difficult to find the modern locations of historical addresses. See tips for…