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Genealogy Services

Please contact me if you’re in the need of Genealogy related services (research, preparations, trips, etc). You may contact me for any country (such as Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Israel, etc). Contact me and let’s discuss fees and further … Continue reading

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CABR files in Hague

The original article first appeared in AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Vol. XXXV, no. 2, Summer 2019. End May 2018 I made contact, through MyHeritage (which is a very valuable tool for at least first contacts if not … Continue reading

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Passenger lists from the Holland-America Line (HAL) at the Rotterdam City Archives

Between 1900 and 1969 millions of people traveled and emigrated with the ships of the Holland-America Line. The Holland-America Line (HAL), originally a Dutch transatlantic cruise company, offered full trips, but emigrants also made use of the HAL. Many Dutch … Continue reading

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Mini-expo at FelixArchief in Antwerp: “Foreigners in a foreign city”

The FelixArchief (the City Archives of Antwerp: https://felixarchief.antwerpen.be) announced in their recent newsletter from February, sent out via email, that the subject of the mini-expo which will run from February 12, 2019, until Friday, April 5, 2019, will be about … Continue reading

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The Joodsche Almanak / Almanach Juif issued in 1934 by J. Fuss and J. Salpeter

In 1934 an almanac in Yiddish, titled “Joodsche Almanak” / “Almanach Juif”, was published by J. Fuss and J. Salpeter. Edition “Progrés” was issued in Antwerp at Lange Kievitstraat 66. In the publishers’ introduction which was originally written in Yiddish, … Continue reading

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Updated website for Antwerp City Archives (Felixarchief)

The city archives of Antwerp (known as Felixarchief) has updated its website. On their website you can read, among others, the following about the update: Thanks to the new search function you can find a relevant search result faster and … Continue reading

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Solving Cold Cases – An Attempt

I am currently in the middle of reading the book on my Kindle “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara which tells the story about, what is, or better was, considered a cold case. The book tells the gripping … Continue reading

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My recent visit to the Alsace

Last summer holiday I stayed with my family in the French Alsace. Since my children don’t have yet a real interest in musea, I have attempted to squeeze in visits to musea and other (not only Jewish) Points of Interest, … Continue reading

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Interview in Quarterly of the Flemish “Familiekunde Vlaanderen”

“Familiekunde Vlaanderen“, which is a Flemish genealogy organization, has published in their quarterly, “Vlaamse Stam“, an interview with me. They have kindly given me permission to republish it on my website, I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it (in Dutch): … Continue reading

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Tante Hennie, my maternal grandmother’s cousin, but how?

For obvious reasons it is extremely important to add sources to each record which you ´re adding to your family tree. But sometimes it could be nice to know how you found out about the source in the first instance. Often it … Continue reading

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