Tombstone on the grave of my grandparents, Hendrik van Kampen and Alida Melessen, and my great-grandparents, Hendrik van Kampen and Geertje Wiesenekker. The grave is full now, so other family members will be buried elsewhere, when their time comes. The tombstone is...
On Saturdays I rummage through my old cabinet, pull out and dust off an item, and present it here on Roots. Today: The elementary school certificate of Hendrik van Kampen (1912-1997). Loffelijk ontslag (honorary discharge) from elementary school of my grandfather...
On Saturdays I rummage through my old cabinet, pull out and dust off an item, and present it here on Roots. Today: The trouwboekje of Hendrik van Kampen (1877-1941) and his wife Geertje Wiesenekker (1879-1957). Introduced in the late 19th century, the trouwboekje...
Grave of Pieter van Kampen (1912-1992) and Geertje Relleke (1915-2002). Both Pieter and Geertje are my (distant) relatives: Geertje’s mother Jannetje Wiesenekker is a sister of my great-grandmother Geertje Wiesenekker, while Pieter’s great-grandfather...
I recently showed you my 11-generation matriline. Let’s have a look now at the patriline. A patriline or fathers-line is (unlike the matriline) a traditional genealogy chart. Y-DNA and (usually) surnames are inherited through the patriline. With ten generations,...
