My husband’s grandfather Mar Broekman (dutch link) worked from around 1905 in the Dutch East Indies on the island of Java. He and grandma traveled a number of times to and from Holland. In March 1907 they send a postcard from Suez to her brother Herman Voss (dutch link) in Julich. It must …
One of the houses I grew up in, was a four story townhouse in the Ter Pelkwijkstraat in the center of town. It was a narrow house, with an (in my eyes) immense tall staircase. In front was a small yard, where we could play. There was one room on each …
My maternal grandmother was a large woman, tall (of course I was little) and by present standards definitely overweight. Her thin white hair, braided into a thin braid and then twisted into a bun, made her round face ever rounder. When she combed her hair out at night, it was …
Last week I did not blog, because rather than thinking about ancestors, I was fully involved in making memories with my grandchildren. Our eldest granddaughter was in Disney World with her high school marching band, and we took the two youngest ones (with their parents) to see their cousin march …
It is wonderful that more and more historical newspapers and magazines are coming online, but it also presents some frustrations. My maiden name is Gast, meaning guest in dutch. Try looking for that in the newspapers! Add to that the dutch custom of only using initials in news reports (and …
My mother made the most delicious apple cake. It is easy to make, and when my husband and I went to the …
Sometimes in the fall we would go mushroom picking. My father and I would go on the bike, he knew the places …
As an introduction: I am a member of the Genealogical Society of Bergen County, and we are indexing the birth, death and …
Heinz was the only son of Bernard Voss (dutch link) and Claire Hellenthal. We don’t know much about them. We don’t know when Heinz was …
My maternal grandparents Ulpen and Afina de Haan (dutch link) were the first ones in the family to have a car! It …
