Last week we had a look at the birth certificate of my great-grandfather, Hendrik van Kampen. Today we look at the wedding certificate of him and his wife Geertje Wiesenekker. Like the birth certificate, I found it on FamilySearch.org. Click to enlarge. A wedding...
An interesting stone, with a book on top with the words Vader (Father) and Moeder (Mother). On the front: Jasper Koster born 12 November 1860 died 27 October 1909, Neeltje Koster-Liscaljet born 26 November 1856 died 1 April 1922. There is also text on the flat stone...
A large part of the BMD records of the Dutch civil registration is indexed on sites like Genlias. In many cases, scans of these records are available for free on FamilySearch.org. Over the next weeks I will have another look at the BMD records of my great-grandparents...
Tombstone of W.C. Prins (1840-1915) and M. Prins-Kikkert (1844-1925). Probably the people buried here are Willem Corstiaan Prins (born 11 November 1840 in Maassluis) and his wife Maria Kikkert (born 8 July 1844 in Vlaardingen, died 18 December 1925 in Hilversum). They...
On Saturdays I rummage through my old cabinet, pull out and dust off an item, and present it here on Roots. Today: A photo of the house my grandfather was born. A photo of the house in which my grandfather Hendrik van Kampen was born (in 1912), with his father’s...
