Dutch Genealogy

This week we are looking at one map from an atlas of properties in the county of Bergh in Gelderland from 1727.

Openbaarheidsbeperking means a limitation on the public availability; an access restriction.

This week we are looking at a map showing the border between Rijnland, Utrecht, and Amstelland in 1567.

A slop is a slum, a neighborhood with low quality housing.

This week we are looking at a map planning the railroad from Arnhem to Zwolle in 1857.

Here is an overview of the new online sources, projects, and other news of the past month.

This is the twenty-ninth post in a series about my possible line of descent from Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Thermidor was the twelfth month in the French Republican calendar, the second month of summer.

Several people have asked me what the difference is between a Huguenot and Walloon.

I have used handwritten text recognition to automatically transcribe a series of legal records of New Amsterdam, the former name of New York City while under Dutch rule.