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Dutch archive news - October 2009
Genlias added the first 120,000 marriage records from Amsterdam. This covers the period 1916-1932. There are also new birth and death acts from Limburg, and death acts from Noord-Holland. The Central Bureau for Genealogy (CBG) in The Hague presented...
Postcard from Woudrichem
Woudrichem is an old, fortified city on the border of the provinces Zuid-Holland and Noord-Brabant. This postcard from Woudrichem was sent in 1908. On the bottom right image we see the skyline of the city, on the bank of the river Meuse. In the mid...
Online genealogy in Drenthe
The main resource for Drenthe is Drenlias. Drenlias has indexes of the BMD records of the civil register, indexes of church books, and many other archives. See also my earlier review of Drenlias. Drentse Emigranten (Emigrants from Drenthe) is a data...
Online genealogy in Groningen
The most important genealogical database for Groningen is AlleGroningers. The database has indexes and scans of BMD records of the civil register and church books. It's not complete yet, but expects to be so in a few years. Ledematen provincie Groni...
Dutch archive news, September 2009
Genlias added birth records from Limburg and death records from Gelderland and Limburg. As part of Images for the Future, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and Knowledgeland launched Open Images. Open Images is an open media platform th...
Postcard from Holland
Children wearing traditional dress. The postcard does not have a date mark (it was probably sent under cover), but must have been sent in the early 1930s.Trace your Dutch roots, your Dutch genealogy guide. Also on Trace your Dutch roots: The Gra...

