Category Archives: genealogy/history/culture

Genealogy Services

Posted on April 22, 2020 by admin

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

Posted on March 2, 2020 by admin

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

Posted on May 29, 2019 by admin

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”

Posted on February 3, 2019 by admin

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

Posted on December 9, 2018 by admin

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)

Posted on November 27, 2018 by admin

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

Posted on October 14, 2018 by admin

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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Interview in Quarterly of the Flemish “Familiekunde Vlaanderen”

Posted on May 23, 2018 by admin

“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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List of Jews living in Pre-War Charleroi

Posted on July 20, 2015 by admin

Vincent Vagman has recently published an important  list of Jews who have lived in Charleroi before the outbreak of WWII . Charleroi, which is in the Southern part of Belgium, is a very industrial city, which I’d not consider a … Continue reading →

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My Magazine Subscriptions

Posted on July 16, 2015 by admin

As a Jew living in Antwerp, Belgium, and with an interest in Genealogy, I have some specific interests which are reflected somehow in my choice of magazine subscriptions. In this article I’d like to discuss the magazines I’m subscribed to (or … Continue reading →

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