Joan's Ancestral World

On July 26, 1866, in Abcoude-Baambrugge in Holland, Adriana Petronella Koomans was married to Cornelis Wouter Hoogendijk. She was born on No...

The #52Ancestors topic for this week is "Same Name". That's a topic I can relate to!  My father's surname, Bos (which tr...

When Josina de Bondt died - during World War II - on November 17, 1943, in Zwijndrecht, Holland, she was 93 years and 4 months old. Josina w...

My maternal grandmother belonged to a Zijderveld  family that has featured the Christian name Joost for centuries. Volkskrant, 21-9-1989...