Tips & Tricks
- Dutch Genealogy Research Tips
- Check for improbable dates
- When a website uses small characters
- Add an image to your blog post
- Sources for images to illustrate your Dutch family tree
- Blogging Tips for Newbies and Veterans
Black Sheep
- In 1668 Antoine Gaboury was found guilty of attempted rape
- Cornelis Teunisse Bos was accused of slander in the 1660s
- Tonnis Willinck was shot near Winterwijk
- Joannes Abeel, "an alleged lunatic" in Albany
- John Dove (†1878), Jacob Shelton's murderer
- Philip Wyatt (†1892) and his 3 Elizabeths
- John Carter (†1893) was hanged for murdering his 3rd wife Rhoda Titcombe
- Historical U.S. Prison Records Online
- Dutch Prison Records
Seamen
- Thomas Brullee's Whaling Expeditions of 1687 and 1712
- Simon Naaktgeboren was lost at see in 1719
- Cornelis Jansz Langeweg worked for the Dutch East India Company
Miscellanious
- Bos is a common name in The Netherlands
- Dutch Naming Traditions
- Leendert Arend Jan Bos (1918-43) and the Burma Railway
- Cornelis Gerritsz de Haen drowned in 1648 in Brazil
- Cornelis Hendrik Jan Bakker (1841-86) in South Africa
- The Kleinjan family and their American branch
- John Klootwijk (1833-1914) of Grand Rapids, USA
- Henry Jan Beltman was struck by lightning in 1893
- Mathias Heesen (1748-1810) from Reurdt in Germany
- Willie Zijderveld's World War 2 ID-card
- Klaas IJsbrandsz Vermeulen (1741-1831) Lived Long
- Arie de Sterke (1796=1892) fought in Russia and at Waterloo
Congratulations on 3 years blogging!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations your 3rd blogiversary, Joan! I appreciate your mentioning one of my black sheep blog articles :)
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