Joan's Ancestral World

“Ons Voorgeslacht” is a magazine for genealogy in Holland . In 1957 it featured an article by J. MacLean describing the Hoppel family in Hee...

Funeral Ad of Sina Kamerling (Eilanden-Nieuws, 9-4-2002) Sina Kamerling was born in the autumn of 1903 in Oude-Tonge on the island of...

Looking at historical records, it is not always easy to identify an ancestor who has been married more than once. Missing a marriage can oft...

Hermanus Blekton (also Blackstone, Blikton, Blextoon, Blaxstone) is a son of Jan Blekton (†1802) and Willemijna van der Weijden (1754-1800)....