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Dave Zimmerman

Hi,I am new to this site and just wanted to let every one know I have found a new site that you are able to view and download a pdf file of the actual birth,marriage, death records from Friesland. Here is the web site http://www.allefriezen.nl/.
Now All I need is someone to interpret the pages for me when i get all of them I need for my great grandparents.

May 23, 2010
Henk van Kampen

Hi Dave,
AlleFriezen is indeed a great site if you have ancestors from Friesland. There is a small Dutch genealogy dictionary on my website to help you interpret the records. If you get stuck with the interpretation, just post your query here, probably someone will help you.

May 24, 2010
Renee K.

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site and researching the Rozeboom, Sorgdrager (Zorgdrager), Visser, De Graaf families (just to name a few). My ancestor come from Friesland, Gelderland, Noord- Holland, and Zuid-Holland, I use Google Tanslate to help with interpreting documents for me.

May 25, 2010
Mary Beth

Hello! I am new to the group. My Dutch surnames that I'm directly related to are Van Sintern, Classen, and De Voss.

Jun 12, 2010
Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Thank you to Silvia, Janeen and everyone who offered to help me translate my letter from Dutch to English. You can see the final translation and story at http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/amanuensis-monday-let...

Jun 12, 2010
Brenda Hop

Greetings from Holland MI, USA. I'm new to the site and researching my Hop family from the Harderwjk area. I appreciate all the links provided and I'd appreciate contact from any possible relatives

Jun 13, 2010
Barb Dundas

G'day from Australia. Moved here from USA 11 years ago, and moving to England soon. My Dutch ancestors settled in NY. Always looking for more info on the following surnames: Barent, Bergen, Bradt/Bratt, Cool, Crom/Krom, Denyce, Hendricks, Louw, de Manderville, Middagh, Van Ness, Nevius, Van Nostrand, Potter, Rapalje, Ridder, Roberts, Roosa, Seals, Schenck, Seubering, Spruyt, Stryker, Swart, Ten Broeck, Ten Eyke/Ten Eyck, Trico, Van Beeck, Van Beck, Van Couwenhoven, Van Kouwenhoven, Van der Mark, Van der Meer, Van der Veer, Van der Volgen, Van Dyke, Van Etten, Van Schule, Van Vechten, Van Vliet, Van Vredenburg, Veeder, Ver Planck, Viele, Von Rotmers, Voorhees, Vrooman, Wyckoff . Cheers, Barb

Sep 10, 2010
Stachia Chadwick

I'm new to the group, and live in Southern California. I'm tracing Brewer/Brouwer for my husband, and Rosa/Roza for me.

Sep 10, 2010
Laressa Northrup

Barb, I am also researching Van Couwenhoven, Van Kouwenhoven family. My email address is lnorthrup@tds.net

Sep 11, 2010
rottenralf

HI, new to this group. I have transcribed Poucher's grave stone inscriptions of Ulster County, NY to my website. www.thecemeterysite.com , and there are a lot of Dutch names in Ulster County so hopefully you will find this useful. There also a number of small cemeteries from Coeymans, Albany Co., NY transcribed on my site. Coeymans, as you can imagine was settled by the Dutch.

Sep 11, 2010
Barb Dundas

Hi rottenralf & thanks for all of your transcribing! I'm on my way to your website now to see if I can find any of my Dutch ancestors. Cheers, Barb

Sep 11, 2010
Barb Dundas

Laressa, am sending you what I have on my Van Kouwenhoven line. Cheers, Barb

Sep 11, 2010
Anna Guy-Burroughs

Hi All,

Just jumping in to say hi.I'm striving to to learn more of my Dutch Veenstra and Ellens grandparents.

I'm researching the following families:

BURROUGHS/BURROWS - GA / NJ / VA
WILLIAMS - GA / LIBERIA
GREGORY - GA / NJ
FLAMER - DE / NJ
GUY - DE/ PA/ NJ
RUSECKAS - PA / LITHUANIA
STUDIVAN - VA/PA
WILLIAMS - SC
GOLDSMITH - SC
GRANT/SHAPIRO/COHEN - JEWISH / RUSSIA / LATVIA
VEENSTRA/ELLENS - DUTCH /MI / HOLLAND
KAHARA/WAMIRU - KENYA

And if anyone is going to be in Atlanta for the Family History Expos, stop by and say hi. I'm doing a presentation on the Bark Azor and the Liberian Exodus out of Charleston in 1878. Would love to see you!

Oct 25, 2010
Madehlinne

Hello!

I'm new to this group and am just learning more about the Dutch families to whom I am related.

Just some of the family names are: BANTA; DuPre'; de Manderville; Westervelt; Hellings; Martense; Terhune; Stryker; Demarest [Des Marets]; Slodt/Slot; de Ruine; de Groot; Van Hoorn/Van Horn; Van Buskirk; Brinckerhoff; Lozier; and Dey/Day.

While I'm just getting started, I'd be glad to share information with those related to these families.

Madehlinne

Nov 14, 2010
Madehlinne

I have been posting more Reformed Dutch Church records on my new blog.

I'm inviting those who are interested to visit!

http://maddiesancestorsearch.blogspot.com/

Jan 18, 2011
Brenda Wheeler, PLCGS

Hello

My name is Brenda and my ancestors are Dutch. Names of interest include; van der Zant, Bouman, Meijer, van Gulik, Bosch, van Lemmers, Walter and Poolen.

Feb 9, 2011
James P. LaLone

Very interested in the HAGAMAN / HEGEMAN / HAGERMAN, etc. family. I have posted some material in the discussion section of the Long Island Genealogy group here on this site. Additions, corrections, etc. are welcome.

Feb 10, 2011
Libby McCann

I am looking for information on John Houck born in 1779 possibly in Holland

Apr 3, 2011
Cathy Dolinar

Any Van Deusen, Van Alstyne, Vam Amersfoort/Steenbergh, Vosburghs here? I also have Vigne, Van Der Linde, Metselaer, Slyck, Swart, Roosa, Van Buren, Hornbeck, Bogaert. I would just like to meet some distant cousins.

Apr 6, 2011
Meech Novak

I am always on the lookout for Dutch and Huguenot information which makes up the majority of my maternal line. Specific families are: Berdan, Demarest, Braen/Breen, Van Sicklen, Jansen Van Salee / Van Haarlem (yes, the pirates), Ackerman, Banta, Hendricks, Kip, Mead/Meet, Reyerson/Reyersen, Van Horn, Van Riper, to name a few. Luckily, many of my family on this side were New Amsterdam immigrants and, as I still live in NYC, I have access to lots of local resources — more than I have the time for. I'd love to know if there are any people searching specifically for NYC-NJ Dutch as I can most likely summarize some great resources for you. Thanks.

Apr 7, 2011
Bernard Doddema, Jr.

Looking for the help with the English translation of the following Dutch occupations: panbakker and visscher. Any ideas?

Apr 28, 2011
Donna Gates-Smeall

panbakker is i believe, a baker. visscher is a military term, but i don't know its actual translation. There is a link where you can insert the word and ask for translation from English to Dutch. Go to dictionary.com and click on translation link and it should take you to a pull-down menu where you can select Dutch as language you need translated.

Apr 28, 2011
Keren

Visscher = visser and means Fisherman

Panbakker = pannebakker and means a rooftile maker. Those used to be baked and bakker means baker.

Apr 28, 2011
Keren

Donna, we both reacted...;-))

Visscher = old Dutch for fisherman and indeed bakker means baker, but the word panbakker comes from pannebakker and is specifically foor someone who is baking roof-tiles.

Google translate or other such websites would not know the words, I believe, because the spelling is not used any longer.

Apr 28, 2011
Donna Gates-Smeall

LOL..my bad.

Donna

Apr 28, 2011
Donna Gates-Smeall

Well, I learned something new today then! I won't forget those names now!

ROFL.

Apr 28, 2011
Madehlinne

Hello, Meech!!

I believe we may be cousins! :D

I am related to the Banta family from Frisia and their various allied families, including Sip, Van Vliet, Ackerman, Hendricks, Reyerson/Reyersen, etc.!!

We need to talk!

Madehlinne, AKA Maddie

Apr 28, 2011
Madehlinne

To Cathy Dolinar:

I noticed your post also! Again, I think we may be related!

Please see my note below to Meech.

I'm related to the Banta's, as well as Bogaert's, Demarest's, etc., etc.

Please contact me!!

Madehlinne AKA Maddie

Apr 28, 2011
Caren

I dunno if I've ever posted my Dutch surnames here....but I might as well since everyone else is:

Van Der Werven, Van Wyck, Vander Vleit, Von Peene, Wiltsie/Wilstee, Verveelen, Jaarsvelt, Looten, Van Dalsen, Nagel, Waldron, Meyring/Meyrink, Van Kouwenhoven, Ter Bosch, Roelantsen, De Longe/Lange, Van Rynvett, Delameter, Quackenbush/Quackenbosh, Bogart/Bogaert, Polhemius, Myer/Meyers, Banta, Roosevelt

Apr 28, 2011
Meech Novak

For those Waldron descendants, check out www.authorgloriawaldronhukle.com , she has a book in which she recreates (with a hefty license of fiction) the life of her Waldron ancestors in New Amsterdam.

Apr 28, 2011
Mary Jo Perry

I am new to this site. My Dutch ancestors include the surnames of Bosch, Wyncoop, Osterhout, Van Wagenen, and I am not sure if Misner is Dutch or not??? They were all in early New Amsterdam (New York)

Apr 28, 2011
Harlan M. Zeinstra

I'm researching the ZEINSTRA sir name. If any of you are related, please let me know.

Harlan

Apr 28, 2011
Bernard Doddema, Jr.

Keren - Thanks for responding so promptly! It was a great help!!

Apr 29, 2011
Bernard Doddema, Jr.

Would anyone be able to tell me what is the following Dutch occupation: tichelwerker?

Jun 8, 2011
Brenda Wheeler, PLCGS

Bernard, I think it is a brick worker

Jun 8, 2011
Sylvia Binch-Talma

Bernard, a "tichel" is a flat rooftile and a "tichelwerker" is a layer of flat rooftiles (a roofer).

Jun 8, 2011
Bernard Doddema, Jr.

@Sylvia - Thanks!!!! that makes lots of sense now!

Jun 8, 2011
Bernard Doddema, Jr.

What does the Dutch occupation brandmeester mean? brand=fire and meester=master....is that fire master?

Jun 9, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

Hi, I am Sande Meyer Smith,I have been working on my family tree and have hit a dead end.I found this group and I am excited to see others searching their Dutch roots! Both my Paternal and Maternal lines are from Holland. I have gone back as far as my ggreat grandparents who all came from Friesland,Netherlands.The names are Meyer(Meier) waardenberg,VanKampen,Haitsma,Bylsma and Cook. I would love some suggestions or help on where to go next. Thankyou

Jun 21, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

Thank you for your reply Henk.I will try the sites you told me about.Here is as much info as I have thus far on my family: My fathers side: He is Donald Meyer father George gfather John Meier immigrated to US through NY in 1846 with his wife Pietga Haitsma Meier and children; Wietche (1885) Sam (1886) Trina (1890) Susie(1892) George (1893) and Peter(1898) John and Pietga were born in Harlinger,Friesland appox 1846-1855.My dads mom was Anna Waardenberg whos parents Thys and Josie(Bylsma) were born in Friesland immigrated in 1893.Thys fathers name was Folkert Waardenberg born and died in Friesland.

My mothers side is VanKampen, she is Jean her father was George VanKampen born 1903 in Friesland came to the us in the 1920s I know he was a gymnast in the Netherlands.The rest of his family came over shortly after Lewis and wife Jessie Bolsma,children Anna,Elsie,Gus,Henny,Jake,Jessie,Trina,Rin,Leenis,Lewis 2 children stayed in Holland Lowe and Eske. My moms mothers side is Adrian and Jennie Cook from Friesland came to us in 1867. Thats all that I know I hope someone can help!!!

Jun 21, 2011
Henk van Kampen

I found this on Genlias, the Dutch BMD database:

Johannes Meyer, 37, born in Stiens, son of Jan Harts Meyer and Sypkje Metskes van der Leest, married Pietje Haitsma, 28, born in Britsum, daughter of Sjoerd Johannes Haitsma and Wytske Jans Marinus, on 21 April 1883 in Leeuwarderadeel.

Wytske Meyer, daughter of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 3 July 1884 in Leeuwarderadeel

Sybe Meyer, son of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 7 September 1885 in Leeuwarderadeel

Sjoerd Meyer, son of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 29 March 1887 in Leeuwarderadeel

Sjoerd Meyer, son of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 30 May 1888 in Leeuwarderadeel

Trijntje Meyer, daughter of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 1 February 1890 in Leeuwarderadeel

Johannes Meyer, son of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 4 February 1893 in Leeuwarderadeel

Pieter Meyer, son of Johannes Meyer and Pietje Haitsma, born 22 October 1897 in Leeuwarderadeel

Jun 21, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

That is wonderful! That is my Fathers family! I wish I could speak Dutch my parents speak alittle Fries but they can't read it. It is one of my goals to learn to speak Dutch I hope I'm not to old! I tried the Tresoar but I can't figure it out. I'm so happy I found this website maybe I will finally find out if I am really 100% Dutch. I see your last name is Van Kampen,I wonder if we could be related in some way!

Jun 21, 2011
Henk van Kampen

Thijs Waardenburg, 26, born Harlingen, son of Folkert Waardenburg and Antje Steenstra, married Dieuwke Bijlsma, 23, born Bolsward, daughter of Johannes Bijlsma and Trijntje Douwes Bangma, on 25 November 1886 in Harlingen

Jun 21, 2011
Henk van Kampen

I don't have Friesland roots in my Van Kampen line, so I don't think we are related. At least not through the Van Kampen lines. There are many unrelated Van Kampen families here in Holland.

Jun 21, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

thank you Henk even if we are nit related we are both Dutch and I cant tahnk you enough for your help I'm so excited to get this info I can't sleep!

Jun 21, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

apparently I can't spell at 1am either!

Jun 21, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

It is afternoon here for me so I'm not sure what time it is in Holland.I took the info you gave me and was able to expand my tree on ancesty.com. I can't thank you enough.Now I need to work on my Mothers VanKampen side of the tree.This may be a strange question but it is one my family has always wondered about and you are prob the one who may know. The chances of me tracing my tree back far enough to find out are slim so do you know if the ancestors of the people of Holland and Friesland since it is so far north migraited from Norway? My familly has very Light skin,blue eyes, very blond hair and people always think I am Swedish or Norweigian .So far it looks like I am from friesland for sure.

Jun 22, 2011
Rod Blaker

DNA tests indicate that Friesan and Danish people share some common origins; and Norse (Norwegian) Vikings were also known to pass through. The ancestry of many English (UK) people comes from all these countries.

Jun 22, 2011
Sande Meyer Smith

Thank you Rod,this group has been so helpful to me I am very new at Genealogy but find it to be my new passion.Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated as long as you don't mind a beginner such as myself.Henk found records on my dads side ,I've been searching all day on theGenlias for my Mothers side but so far no luck.

Jun 22, 2011
Jennifer Swart

Hi Sande, I can try to help - can you clarify, do you know your mother's mother's name and year of birth? How are Lewis and Jessie related? Was Bolsma Lewis' surname, or Jessie's? One thought, you may want to try searching for Kok instead of Cook in Genlias. Have you located the immigration record yet for George or Lewis on www.ellisisland.org?

Jun 22, 2011