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Marriage certificate of Albert Melessen and Mietje Houthuijzen

Marriage certificate of Albert Melessen and Mietje Houthuijzen

Last week we looked at the birth certificate of Albert Melessen. Today I show you his marriage certificate. Like the birth certificate, I found it on the website Alle Groningers, the BMD database of the province Groningen. A summary of the certificate: Today, 25...
Birth certificate of Albert Melessen

Birth certificate of Albert Melessen

The BMD database of the province Groningen on the website Alle Groningers has the birth certificate of my great-grandfather, Albert Melessen. According to this certificate, Albert was born on den vierentwintigsten der maand Januari dezes jaars, des avonds te acht uur...
Birth certificate of Geertje Wiesenekker

Birth certificate of Geertje Wiesenekker

Geertje Wiesenekker is my great-grandmother, number 9 in my ahnentafel. Today we look at her birth certificate. A quick summary: On 18 September 1879, the midwife Alida Jacoba van Dijk, age 25, from Huizen, appeared for the registrar of Huizen, to register the birth...
Marriage certificate of Hendrik van Kampen and Geertje Wiesenekker

Marriage certificate of Hendrik van Kampen and Geertje Wiesenekker

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...
Birth certificate of Hendrik van Kampen

Birth certificate of Hendrik van Kampen

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...