Category: Heritage & Ancestry
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You Found Your Dutch Ancestral Town: What to Do Next
Found your Dutch ancestral town? Here is what to do next: confirm the place, find the right archive, plan a visit and meet the people who live there.
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Dutch Emigrant Ships and Passenger Lists: Find Your Ancestor’s Voyage
Find your Dutch ancestor’s voyage. This guide to Dutch passenger lists covers departure records, Ellis Island, Rotterdam ports and spelling traps.
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Dutch-American Church and Cemetery Records: A Practical Guide
Dutch-American church records and cemetery clues can link your US family to a Dutch parish. Learn where to look and what to ask in each record.
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Tracing Your Dutch Mennonite Roots: Records, Churches and Places
Trace your Dutch Mennonite roots with this guide to doopsgezind church records, Frisian archives, key surnames and the churches you can still visit.
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Tracing Your Dutch Jewish Ancestry: Records, Archives and Memorials
Trace your Dutch Jewish ancestry with this guide to Amsterdam archives, civil records, the Joods Monument and Jewish heritage places to visit.
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The VOC Trail: Following Your Dutch Ancestors to the East
Follow the VOC trail through Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Amsterdam and Zeeland. Find the archives, ports and museums that tell your Dutch ancestors’ story.
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Why Your Dutch Ancestors Chose Their Surname in 1811: The Napoleon Naming Law
How Napoleon’s 1811 naming decree made Dutch families without a fixed surname choose one, what the old patronymics meant, and how to trace your Dutch ancestors.
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Discover Your Cape Dutch Roots: How to Trace Your South African Ancestors Back to the Netherlands
Discover your Cape Dutch roots in the Netherlands. Trace your Afrikaner ancestors back to South Holland, Zeeland and the VOC records that link them.
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Discover Your Dutch-Canadian Roots: A Heritage Guide for Dutch Canadians
Discover your Dutch-Canadian roots with our complete heritage guide. Trace Dutch immigration records, find Canadian archives, and plan your homecoming trip to the Netherlands.
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Discover Your New Netherland Roots: Tracing Dutch Heritage in New York and New Jersey
Trace your Dutch heritage in New York and New Jersey. Discover New Netherland families, Dutch colonial records, and plan your heritage homecoming to the Netherlands.
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Discover Your Iowa Dutch Ancestry: Tracing Roots from Pella and Orange City to the Netherlands
Trace your Iowa Dutch ancestry to the Netherlands. Learn how Pella and Orange City were founded and find the Dutch archives that hold your family history.
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Discover Your Holland, Michigan Roots: Tracing Dutch-American Heritage Back to the Netherlands
Trace your Holland, Michigan Dutch heritage back to the Netherlands. Find which province your ancestors came from and plan your heritage homecoming trip.