Update on my long-standing Van Vuuren sisters photo mystery
I have spent years going back and forth trying to identify the individual Van Vuuren sisters in the few photos we have,…
I have spent years going back and forth trying to identify the individual Van Vuuren sisters in the few photos we have,…
81 Page booklet published by Aeneas George DeYoung in 1956, updated and reprinted in 1960. Mr. DeYoung was the grandson of Jacob…
I tried to visit Mount Greenwood Cemetery back in 2010 but it was closed. I'm using this post to collect research for…
Roel van Vuuren and Grietje Bardwijk While poking around on Ancestry.com, I found a page from the 100th Anniversary book of the First…
I've spent many an hour staring at these faces, trying to deduce which van Vuuren sister is which. I recently discovered a labeled…
Today I discovered an image of our ancestor Jacob De Jong that I hadn't seen before (see image here). It's apparently from…
In 2012, I received an email from Mr. Tymen Wierstra, an active genealogist and cultural heritage preservationist in Grijpskerk, a village in…
Dutch names are a pain in the neck! Every record has different translations and spellings, of both surnames and given names. It…
I've been trying to match the faces in these two photos taken several decades apart. Above is my best guess in matching…
The handwriting on the back of this photo reads "Grandma VanVuuren and her six children." Grandma VanVuuren was Maartje DeJong VanVuuren, mother…
Elizabeth and Annabel went on a genealogical mission into Chicago, Wednesday. We visited the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, in Hazel…
Collection of cemeteries, graves, and other places of interest that I'm going to look for when I'm in Chicago.