Dutch Genealogy — Find your ancestors from the Netherlands Press Privacy Copyright & Reuse Disclosure Contact Dutch Genealogy Home Services Fees Example projects Testimonials Blog About Family trees Library Contact 11 March 2025Dutch Genealogy Services  Looking for your ancestors from the Netherlands? Yvette Hoitink is a professional genealogist in the Netherlands who does research throughout the country. Read about our services, fees, and example projects or read testimonials by clients like you. If you want to learn more about researching Dutch ancestors, make sure to read the blog. Featured article Map of the Week – Limburg, 1659In 1659, the famous mapmaker Joan Blaeu published his world atlas Tooneel des Aardrycks [Display of the Realm of Earth]. The archives in Leiden have made their atlas available online. This week we are looking at Blaeu’s map of the Duchy of Limburg. In the east, we can see the river Meuse [Maas in Dutch, […] Featured article New Netherland Ancestors SeminarThe New York Genealogical & Biographical Society is hosting a one-day virtual seminar about New Netherland ancestors on 2 May 2025. John Blythe Dobson will share how to discover New Netherland settlers in published sources, and how we are developing sketches fo rthe New Netherland Settlers project. I will be giving presentations about tracing New […] Dutch Genealogy News for February 2025Here is an overview of the new sources, websites, and other news of the past month. Sources Court records of several local courts in Groningen, mainly for the 1600-1811 period, are now available via FamilySearch. Birth, marriage, and death records of several municipalities in Noord-Brabant are now scanned and indexed and available via the Brabants […] Featured article Using Occam’s Razor in GenealogyOccam’s Razor is a philosphical tool that helps you zoom in on the most likely explanation. A lot has been written about Occam’s Razor, but it boils down to “the simpler explanation is usually correct.” We can use this in genealogy in different ways: We can use Occam’s Razor to determine the most likely hypothesis. […] Map of the Week – Groningen, 1659In 1659, the famous mapmaker Joan Blaeu published his world atlas Tooneel des Aardrycks [Display of the Realm of Earth]. The archives in Leiden have made their atlas available online. This week we are looking at Blaeu’s map of  the province of Groningen. It shows its largest city as the same-named Groningen (“Gronningen” on the […] Tip of the week Quick Tip- The Best Of Times, The Worst Of TimesWhen researching ancestors we did not know personally, we rarely see them on an average day. We may see them at the best of times: when they get married, when they have a child, or when they receive a medal. Or we may see them at the worst of times: when they lose a child, […] Term of the week Dutch term – VaandrigA vaandrig is an ensign, the lowest officer rank in the army. From the 1800s, the term is more specifically used for officers-in-training. The rank was also used in civil militias. You may come across the term in a range of records, including military records, church records, and town records. About Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands who helps people find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certified Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Do you need a genealogist in the Netherlands to help you with your research? Please read what Yvette can do for you. FacebookTwitterRSSLinkedIn Free newsletter Sign up to receive weekly email updates with news about Dutch Genealogy! Webinar This Dutch Genealogy webinar gives you a great introduction to researching your Dutch ancestors. Requires a Legacy FamilyTreeWebinar subscription to watch. [Affiliate link] Categories Categories Select Category Blog  (926)    Column  (27)    Extreme Ancestors  (2)    Map of the Week  (46)    News from the Netherlands  (33)    Quick tips  (383)    Reader question  (34) Dutch Names  (1) Emigration  (64)    Destinations  (2)    History of emigration  (5)    Lists of emigrants  (13)    Phoenix disaster  (8)    Secession  (3)    Stories  (33) Geography  (12) Research  (541)    Case study  (9)    Dutch family names  (9)    Dutch terms  (476)    Guides  (1)    Repositories  (2)    Sources  (41)    Website reviews  (1) Press Privacy Copyright & Reuse Disclosure Contact