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Why I started in the first place…
Genealogy isn’t generally a hobby of people aged below 70 (no offence). And I’m 36 at this time. Why did I start? The reason is a medical one. My son was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis in 2006 and I wanted to know where the heck that came from. I now know that genealogy wasn’t going [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: Conditions and Diseases, Cystic fibrosis, Genetic disorder
How Names Change over Time
Image via Wikipedia A name isn’t necessarily the same as time passes. This can be a big hurdle when you’re doing genealogy research. In this post I’ll introduce you to one of these varying name problems I encountered. When researching my mothers ancestry I found an ancestor with the name Tombroek. In fact: Clasina Dorothea [...]
My ancient Scottish Heritage.
Image via Wikipedia Yes it is true, I have Scottish ancestors, but it’s a long time ago. Let’s tell you a story of how I found the information. My grandmother on father’s side has Mudde as a surname. I wanted to trace her ancestry beyond what I could find on paper (as my grandfather had [...]
In: Relative · Tagged with: Canada, Dunfermline, Europe, Fife, Genealogy, Masterton, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Scotland
Relative Who Died in World War II
Many people in Europe will have one or more relatives who died in World War II. I’m no exception. An uncle of my father was one of the unlucky people who was inprisoned for hiding a jewish child. He died in Germany in Hamburg. I allready knew this story – or at least fragments of [...]
In: Relative · Tagged with: Europe, Germany, History, Internment, World War II
How to search your Dutch Ancestry?
To say it’s simple would be wrong. But there is a lot of information available, even on the internet. Let’s just post a simple step-by-step plan to get you started. 1. Start with you and the things you know. Try to get back at least a 100 years or things will be difficult! 2. The [...]
My name is Kossen
Where to start? Well, myself would be good…. My family name is Kossen. What’s that you say? Yup, Kossen. So what does it mean? Kossen is in fact similar to Jansen, a common dutch name which means so much as son of Jan, Janszoon – Janszn – Jansen (or janssen). Kossen means son of Kos. [...]
What am I going to do?
Well, A new blog, so this question is appropriate. What am I going to do with a blog about genealogy? Here’s the idea i had: I have allready done quite some genea-research so I have a file, a large one to be precise. In that file there is a load of information of which some [...]
Hello world!
Let’s create a blog about genealogy…. It’s my hobby, so I must be able to write at least something about it???? Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. Tweet This Post
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