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  • EclecticNana May 18, 2012 @ 1:18 pm | delete
    Great lens, I didn't realize that I might be able to find out more about my Dutch ancestors for free. Free is always good! Thanks!
  • Amien Mar 13, 2012 @ 2:46 am | delete
    Thanks, this looks like a good place to start my search. i just found out my great grandmother came from Holland, but that is about all we know at this stage. We also not sure sure on the correct spelling of the surname. Its van Loggenberg, but apparently there are a few different spelling permutations.
  • mizrae Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:34 am | delete
    Just out of curiosity, did your family drop the "van" when they arrived in America as my family did? My grandfather came from Holland as well.
  • DavedHope Mar 3, 2012 @ 6:54 am | delete
    What a Useful lens and very Informative.
    I am not Dutch but I love the Dutch people.

    Ow-same Lens!
  • madoc Feb 29, 2012 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    This is going to be a very useful lens for me. My surname is Scott so I may be a Border Reiver but I might just as well be descended from Huguenot refugees with the surname Schott who moved from the Netherlands to Lancashire. I have problems following my father's father's line past four generations, so maybe this will give me a chance to come back the other way
  • kevingomes13 Feb 27, 2012 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    I love the Netherlands!
  • LKW31 Jan 29, 2012 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    This is a very helpful lens, thank you! I was wondering you know how I can trace my Great Grandpa who was in the Dutch East Indies Army from about 1895 until the 1920s. I would love to know more about what he did there, but understand that it was a period of history that Dutch people would rather forget about. His name was Willem van der Vlerk and he was a colonel, there is a wikipedia article on him but I want to explore further. Any tips would be much appreciated!
  • Henk Mar 4, 2012 @ 8:54 am | delete
    Archives of the Dutch East Indies army are kept at the Dutch National Archive in Den Haag. You can probably reconstruct his military career there, but you would have to visit The Netherlands.

    The online Dutch newspaper archive at http://kranten.kb.nl/ will probably have a lot of information.
  • Tipi Jan 25, 2012 @ 11:47 am | delete
    I'm not Dutch but returning to appreciate your research advice for those trying to trace Dutch roots...blessed!
  • meashman Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    Very proud of my Dutch ancestry through my Grandfather. Enjoyed visiting Amsterdam a few years ago and visiting the Oude Kerk (Old Church) where many of my ancestors were married and christened.
  • argonauta Aug 27, 2011 @ 1:05 am | delete
    well done lens - even if i am not dutch :-)
  • NoobWriter Aug 19, 2011 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Nice lens......
  • vallain May 28, 2011 @ 7:05 pm | delete
    I think many people will find this and your other web site quite helpful. Well done.
  • UKGhostwriter Apr 8, 2011 @ 3:44 am | delete
    A wealth of information - thank you!
  • ToTheBrimm Apr 5, 2011 @ 8:41 am | delete
    Thank you.
    I found no Dutch roots, but enjoyed looking.
  • nuestraherencia Mar 17, 2011 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    very informative...I'm going to share with my sister-in-law!
  • Mujjen Mar 10, 2011 @ 3:13 pm | delete
    Genealogy is very interesting. I don't think I have Dutch roots, must ask somebody!
  • capriliz Feb 14, 2011 @ 8:31 am | delete
    Thanks for all the useful information that people can use to trace their family roots. ~blessed~
  • Bookworm25 Jan 26, 2011 @ 9:01 am | delete
    This is an interesting lens, genealogy has so much information and having them broken down into smaller more manageable pages is wonderful. Enjoyed reading this! :)
  • GonnaFly Dec 29, 2010 @ 3:07 am | delete
    My mother is Dutch and my brother has been researching old records which he sometimes gets my mother to help translate. I'm not sure where he got his info from ...
  • windygig Nov 24, 2010 @ 11:40 pm | delete
    Thanks. I'm glad you led me to The Hague's virtual library.
  • Nov 23, 2010 @ 8:10 am | delete
    I don't think I have dutch roots!
  • rwoman Nov 11, 2010 @ 9:05 am | delete
    My son has been pushing us lately to do more research into our roots and this will offers us a great place to start!
  • sandyspider Nov 6, 2010 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    Good information on tracing your Dutch roots.
  • ShirlW Nov 5, 2010 @ 4:57 pm | delete
    My son has Dutch roots from his father. He will be so interested in this!
  • fanfreluche Nov 5, 2010 @ 4:28 am | delete
    I did research on my family. On my mother side I was able to trace back to the their first settlement in Canada around 1670, on my father side I was able to go back to about 1650 in France. No Dutch roots at all. I do have French, Scottish, British, Irish and certainly also metis (French / Huron tribe mix) blood like many many French canadian.
  • GeoffSteen Nov 3, 2010 @ 11:23 am | delete
    This is great info, thank you. As a tall family with the surname Steen, we have suspected we have Dutch roots and now I can check it out! Thanks again.
  • tagsforkids Nov 3, 2010 @ 8:12 am | delete
    Great info. No Dutch ancestors, at least that we have found as of yet, but have my mother has been able to trace our family back to the late 1600's and 1700's. It makes for some interesting research!
  • ohcaroline Nov 2, 2010 @ 1:52 pm | delete
    My father's side of the family has Dutch ancestors...the Van Meterens and the Molenaars. I have quite a bit of information on them.
  • dellgirl Oct 21, 2010 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    Thanks for stopping by and Squidliking my lens. I really appreciate that. Your lens is very informative. I'm rating your lens 5 stars, thumbs up, and joing your fan club.

    Again, thanks for the visit.
  • LilliputStation Oct 19, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    Thanks for visiting my Medieval Quest lens. I'm glad I followed you back here as I am 100% Dutch. I don't really need any help tracing my geneology, as I have relatives on both sides who have already done the work for me. But I enjoyed reading your lens anyway.
  • Jo Oct 17, 2010 @ 10:35 am | delete
    Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me trace my family history, I have my grandparents and great grandparents information but would like to find out more about my great grandfather, he helped hide the jews in the second world war, he was tortured by the natzis but never gave up the location. I know there is a tree planted after him and he got an award with the queen for his role in the war but I cant find any written information about it. would anyone be able to point me in the right direction. He lived in Zutphen in the second world war.

    thanks
    Jo
  • Henk Oct 18, 2010 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Hi Jo,
    You don't give any details (like names), so I can only give you some general hints.
    NIOD (http://www.niod.nl/), the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, has many resources related to the second world war.
    You can browse war-time newspapers at http://kranten.kb.nl/ (in Dutch, of course).
    The War Grave Foundation (http://www.ogs.nl/) has an online database of war victims.
    The website Memories of The Netherlands has many war-time resources (http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/themas/geschiedenis_en_samenleving/oorlog).
    Details about the award of your ggrandfather can probably be found in the Dutch national archive in The Hague (but probably not online).
    Good luck,
    Henk
  • jo Oct 18, 2010 @ 1:10 am | delete
    Thank you Henk for all the information will try to have a look.
    My great grand father is Gerrit Jan Bril he was born in zutphen in 1909.
    The house he used to hide the jews was built around a square and from memory i think the trap door to the under ground passages were in the horse stables. I believe the house is a monument now but i was so young when we heard the stories.

    thanks
    Jo
  • Jo Oct 18, 2010 @ 3:16 am | delete
    "Thank you Henk for all the information will try to have a look.
    My great grand father is Gerrit Jan Bril he was born in zutphen in 1909.
    The house he used to hide the jews was built around a square and from memory i think the trap door to the under ground passages were in the horse stables. I believe the house is a monument now but i was so young when we heard the stories.

    thanks
    Jo"
  • jacky Sep 7, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    hi i have been trying for some time now to find any information on my g grandfather henderikus meyer born 1879 in amsterdam. he married lena schomaker in gronigan . they moved to england in 1912. can anyone help please
  • Henk Sep 7, 2010 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    In Genlias, http://www.genlias.nl/, you can find their marriage: Henderikus Meijer, 25, born in Muntendam, son of Harmannus Hinderikus Meijer and Anna Duurken, married Lena Schomaker, 27, born in Odoorn, daughter of Lambert Schomaker (a.k.a. Schoemaker) and Johanna Sanders, on 3 June 1905 in Oude Pekela, province Groningen.
    His birth is also on Genlias: Henderikus Meijer, male, born 17 June 1879 in Muntendam, son of Harmannus Hinderikus Meijer, butcher, and Anna Duurken. There are also several siblings on Genlias.
  • Sharon Brinkhuis Ottenbreit, Michigan, United States Aug 15, 2010 @ 10:07 pm | delete
    Hello,
    I am working with others on the CBG forum but we are having trouble finding out about Jan Brinkhuis born in Amsterdam in 1894 to Albert Brinkhuis 1866 and Christina Tammerijn 1863. Jan's brother was my grandfather Albert Brinkhuis (1892) and we don't know when Jan died or if he had children. Can you help?
  • Henk Aug 15, 2010 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    Dear Sharon,
    It's probably best to wait for the "persoonskaart". In the meantime you could try to search some of the indexes in the (paid) databases of the Amsterdam City Archive, https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/english/archives_database/genealogy/index.en.html.
  • Sharon Brinkhuis Ottenbreit, Michigan, United States Aug 16, 2010 @ 6:28 am | delete
    Dear Henk,
    Thank you for your help. It is very important to my mother (Maude Brinkhuis 1926) who is still living and in her 80s. She is an only child and would like to connect with any relatives she might have in Holland on the Brinkhuis side. She speaks fluent Dutch and we have always been very proud of our Dutch heritage. Thanks again.
    Sharon
  • d-artist Feb 19, 2010 @ 8:45 am | delete
    nice lens...5*...I'm not Dutch but Deutch, but I love genealogy...check out my lenses in regards to some of my research over the years
  • Melissa Jan 22, 2010 @ 10:29 pm | delete
    Please I am researching my family. I need help My great great grandfather was Jan Nieuwenhoff he married Jannetje Stronkhorst. My great grandfather was Jan SR Nieuwenhoff
    Birth- September 23 1889 in Amsterdam Holland
    Death-1967 in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
    siblings were Martin and Elberdine
  • HenriClaus Dec 27, 2009 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Hi,
    My name is Henri Claus.
    Was Just wondering what the Best site would be to trace some information on The "Claus" Family Name from Holland.. Am looking for Coat of Arms Etc and Any general Info on where the name Originated. All my family Are in Amsterdam but i have moved to Australia so dont really have much contact.
    Please reply to dis_ere@hotmail.com
    Any information you have will be great.
    Thank you.
  • stargazer00 Nov 9, 2009 @ 11:29 pm | delete
    Thank you for this resource. My husband is half Dutch and this might be helpful to him.
  • Gordon.Allan.VanHaeften Oct 12, 2009 @ 3:39 am | delete
    I am looking for family of Van Haeften origanally from Netherlands,Moved to India During
    the British Rule to a Place Called Kakinada in Andra Pradesh then moved to Kharagpur
    in West Bengal .Grand Fathers Name Was Albert.Joseph.Van Haeften.
  • Sue Ayres Mar 29, 2010 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I think we may be of the same Van Haeften Family. My mother is Patricia VH born 1931 fIndia, her father Joseph Valentine VH born 1896 India and his father Albert George VH born 19th May 1854 India, his father was George VH - I would like to find some Dutch/South African Boar roots.
    Sue
  • tejpal singh Jul 7, 2010 @ 3:19 am | delete
    HIII ;the records can be in india probably distric headquarters or in archives . let me know thw deatls abt the person witj year then i can tell u something
    regrds
    tej
    india
    luck09@gmail.com
  • tejpal singh Jul 7, 2010 @ 3:21 am | delete
    need to checjk records in india in archives .

    need more dtails to tell u . i root sercher in india
  • Johnvan Haeften Sep 11, 2010 @ 7:04 am | delete
    ry nulon@ziggo.nl in the Netherlands. John can possibly help you!
  • Johnvan Haeften Sep 11, 2010 @ 7:03 am | delete
    Try nulon@ziggo.nl in the Netherlands. John can possibly help you!
  • Henk Sep 9, 2009 @ 12:18 am | in reply to Gerry Van Reusen | delete
    Thank you, Gerry, I'm glad you find my writings useful. And yes, I live in The Netherlands (in Utrecht).
  • Gerry Van Reusen Sep 9, 2009 @ 12:08 am | delete
    Henk....Many THANKS for your direction to the various websites (virtual reading, etc.) your website and the Dutch archives. I did try the virtual reading pages and am searching the microfiche pages.

    You've been a SUPER help to me, since the "information roadblock" I had with searching my Dutch ancestors has suddenly opened up with the many suggestions you mentioned. I will be visiting the Netherlands in the future. if you're living there, I'd like to take you out for a lunch. Thanks again.
  • Henk Aug 29, 2009 @ 12:54 am | in reply to Richard Kohlman | delete
    Dear Richard,

    Birth records for Rotterdam are online, but I am unable to find Lucas van Wijk. I expect he was not born in Rotterdam.

    Genlias has the birth records of two children of Lucas van Wijk and Johanna Cornelia Wilhelmina Frese: Neeltje Agnes van Wijk, born 17 March 1870 in Kralingen, and Agnes Johanna van Wijk, born 26 September 1873, also in Kralingen. Kralingen used to be a separate town, but is now part of Rotterdam.
  • Henk Aug 29, 2009 @ 12:32 am | in reply to Gerry Van Reusen | delete
    Dear Gerry,

    For Leiden use http://www.leiden.digitalestamboom.nl/ , for 's-Gravenhage http://www.denhaag.nl/smartsite.html?id=65346

    Bussum marriages (1817-1922) and Gorinchem marriages (1812-1922) are in Genlias, but births and deaths are not online yet. Eventually, they will be added to Genlias - be patient.

    Once you hit a brick wall online, you should continue offline: Read "Offline Dutch genealogy", an article that I wrote last year for my newsletter: http://newsletter.traceyourdutchroots.com/nl200804.htm
  • Richard Kohlman Aug 27, 2009 @ 5:58 am | delete
    I am trying to trace my greatgrandfather Lucas Van Wyk.. born 1843 in either England or
    Rotterdam... I was always led to believe it was Holland, but have conflicting information...Can you help?? His wife was Johanna Cornelia Wilamena Threse..and named their daughter the same. ..She married a Joseph Cook 6th Sept.1907..England..
    Any information would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanking you.
    Richard Kohlman.
    Dalek39@optusnet.com.au
    Australia...
  • Angela Dodds Jul 15, 2010 @ 11:38 am | delete
    Richard, Lucas is my 2nd great grandfather, I have information on both the van Wijk (Wyk) side and limited information on the Threse side - I will email you.
  • Gerry Van Reusen Aug 22, 2009 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    I'm hitting a wall with my ancestors. I have a great grandfather (Cornelis Reusen born abt 1843 in Gorinchem) and his father, Jacob Reusen, who was married to Clasina Stam (her christening was 31 Dec 1794) but I haven't found any more info on them. I tried Genalis but nothing else came up. Is there something else I can try. Most of my ancestors were from Leiden, Gravenhage, Bussum, Gorunchem. Do you have any suggestions? Any help will be appreciated.

    Most of my info has come from Ancestry and family search. Thank you.
  • Hans Simonis Jun 9, 2010 @ 7:59 am | delete
    Hello Gerry,
    I don't know if you have had any luck in finding out more about your Reus(s)en ancestors since August 2009, If not, maybe I can help you.
    Cornelis Reusen was born in Gorinchem on March 26,1843, indeed son of Jacob Reusen (born Gorinchem November 8, 1814) and of Clasina/Klazina Stam. Her christening was absolutely NOT in 1794, she would then have been 60 years of age at the birth of her last child. The marriage certificate on Genlias says that she is 21 at her marriage (Gorinchem May 24, 1837), so born about 1816, daughter of Cornelis Verheij Stam and Anna van Straaten. The couple Jacob Reusen and Clasina Stam had at least eight children, but Cornelis is the only one I have some info about. He married two times, first Gorinchem September 18, 1867 Louisa Maria Ponne, second Leiden February 17, 1875 Pietertje van der Lof.
  • Pat Lunt Jul 24, 2009 @ 1:11 am | delete
    all our paper work on Reint van Z Vonk born 21st june 1911 lost need it for pathankyoussport for his daughter can you help
  • love2glow Jul 14, 2009 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    Hello Henk, Love your lens, I have passion for tracing family roots.

    Please come by and rate my lens! Loved to share at Research your Family History

    Thanks again for sharing your info!
  • Henk Apr 15, 2009 @ 11:37 pm | in reply to Scott | delete
    Hi Scott,
    Marriage acts from that time are not online, for privacy reasons. There are some things you can try, though. I answered your question on my blog: http://blog.traceyourdutchroots.com/2009/04/readers-question-from-holland-to.html
  • Scott Apr 7, 2009 @ 11:47 pm | delete
    Hi Henk

    Could you suggest other on-line sources that can aid me in searching for my Partners grandparents whom migrated to Australia in the 1960's, as Genlis doesn't have them listed I just need their parents and I could go from there.

    Cheers

    Scott
  • Apr 6, 2009 @ 5:38 pm | delete
    Great info! My husband has Dutch roots, so it's always appreciated to find new resources to use to research his ancestors. Thanks!

    Stephanie at the Research Your Family Tree lens-stop by and see us!
  • familyhistorysearcher Jun 21, 2008 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    Great international family history search lens!
  • Henk Mar 17, 2008 @ 12:47 am | delete
    Genlias lists the marriage of Johannes Molenaar and Adriaantje Marijtje de Haan (1870 in Pernis) and the birth of two children: Jan (1870) and Cornelis (1871). Genlias also has the marriages of three children: Willem Kornelis Molenaar and Jacoba Groenendijk (1887), Jan Molenaar and Napoline Verginia Kassels (1893), and Cornelis Molenaar and Niesje Hendrika Samsom (1894).

    There may have been more children.
  • Molenaar,Cornelis Mar 16, 2008 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    I am looking for family of Cornelis,Molenaar, born in1871, in Poortugal,Netherlands, Moved to Pernis, Zuid Holland and sailed on the Ryndam, in 1907. Fathers name was Johannes Molenaar and mother names was Adriane Marutje. I am wondering if there were more children in the family of Johannes Molenaar.
  • Henk Sep 3, 2007 @ 12:03 am | delete
    Hi Jessica,
    There are four Tieltjes in Dinxperlo in the Dutch phone book, and probably some more in the surrounding area. Maybe you should write them to find out if they are related. The Dutch phone book is online at http://www.detelefoongids.nl/
  • Jessica Tildes Sep 2, 2007 @ 5:02 pm | delete
    My ancestors were known as Tieltjes and lived in Dinxperlo. I can find some info from the early 1900's but I really would like to know if I have any living relatives in the Netherlands now. Do you have any suggestions on how to find them?
  • Henk Sep 1, 2007 @ 12:04 am | delete
    Thanks for the compliment, Historyman.
  • historyman Aug 28, 2007 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    A valuable lens for anyone needing to explore their Dutch ancestry
  • Henk Aug 17, 2007 @ 2:31 pm | delete
    Hi Katy,
    Did you try the Genlias database? They have hundreds of Jimminks.
  • katy jimmink Aug 10, 2007 @ 11:51 am | delete
    please can you trace the jimmink family they lived in bergen
  • Wanham Aug 2, 2007 @ 8:50 pm | delete

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