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Sepia Saturday - Goodbye
Dear Sepians:Are we looking at a press conference here? Maybe so. In any case it provides me with an obvious reason to tell you why I no longer contribute to the weekly SS fun. To cut a long story...
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Hello Bandoeng
The post title is the here well known beginning of a 1929 song written by Dutch singer Willy Derby. I am not sure it is still well known today but it certainly was when present day Indonesia was a...
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My surname could have been...
The patronymic Meuwisstill exists in HasseltVoor een samenvatting in het Nederlands, zie na de Engelse tekst.In The Netherlands the name Miebies is not regarded as, how shall I say, as being typically...
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My coat of arms
Well, let me rephrase that. It is not my coat of arms, it belongs to the family of my maternal grandmother, Antje Doelman (1892-1984). Her ancestors can be traced back a long way. If we follow a...
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Pedigree chart/kwartierstaat
Voor een Nederlandse samenvatting, zie na de Engelse tekst.This post is not meant to show you the details of where and when my ancestors have been born etc. The idea is that I show you the pedigree...
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Home! Sweet Home!
Digging in the past may be regarded as the genealogist's core business. The older the document or the source, the better. But generally genealogists tend to forget that recording contemporary data is...
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More homely houses
Houses damaged by the 1953 floodLast week I started this series about all the houses I ever lived in. It started with the house where I was born in 1944. The last one shown then, in fact it was number...
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Another home page
In the first post on this subject, Home! Sweet Home!, I told you about my motivation to show all the houses I ever lived in. In short, if I don't record my personal history my great great grandchildren...
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There ís a place like home
If you look at the lyrics of this "bird song" you can do nothing but conclude that if ever a text was confusing, it is this one. It says that there is no place like home but everyone reads it as that...
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Another Brick in the Wall
Frans Schulze(1880 Amsterdam 1952)Voor de Nederlandse tekst, zie na de Engelse tekst.Also Pink Floyd realized that brick walls are there to be torn down. Before being accused of vandalism, I am talking...
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An Emerging Ancestor
Uniforms riflemenVoor de Nederlandse tekst, zie na de Engelse tekst.In my previous post I tabled the disappearance of Maria Johanna Francisca Schulze. We know she was in Amsterdam in 1880. We also know...
View ArticleCastricum-Noorbeek-Colmar
De kop is er weer af, we zitten in Colmar in het departement Bas-Rhine.Afgelopen nacht verbleven in Noorbeek, pak 'm beet 15 km ZO van Maastricht, pal tegen de Belgische grens. Geen onaangenaam...
View ArticleColmar - Lons le Saunier
Je gelooft je ogen haast niet als je opstaat, zon!! Echt een veelbelovend begin van de dag.Na eerst nog een klein stukje grote weg, afgeslagen naar Le Thillot. Dan verder door de uitlopers van de...
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Lons-le-Saunier - Brédannaz
Er staat een ontmoeting met (klein)kinderen in de buurt van Annecy gepland. Daarom gaan we vandaag die kant op. Omdat we daar al veel dichterbij zitten dan we vooraf bedacht hebben, kunnen we het nu...
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Brédannaz - Nyons
Internet in ons hotel te Brédannaz (even onder Annecy) was niet geweldig. Dus jullie hebben het een paar dagen zonder berichten moeten doen. Afgelopen zaterdag de (klein)kinderen ontmoet. Hun reis nam...
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Nyons - Vaison-la-Romaine - Nyons
Based on the diary I have with me, we have been here in Nyons prior to 2006. Right now I don't know exactly when but in any case it hasn't changed much. We found a very nice hotel, it is called une...
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Nyons - Lodève
For the text in English please see after the Dutch text.Deze ochtend zijn we met een beetje spijt in het hart uit ons hotel in Nyons vertrokken. De inrichting er van is duidelijk met heel veel zorg...
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Lodève -Fleurance
De rit van Lodève naar Fleurance is bijna 300 km maar wanneer je de tolwegen vermijdt, dan ben je toch zo'n 5 uur aan het rijden. Niet dat dat erg is, want het doel is om ook nog wat te zien. Daarom...
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Fleurance -Vieux Boucau
Voor de Nederlandse tekst, zie na de Engelse tekst.On June 7 we went to the city of Auch. It has a very lively center (in this time of year) and there are many fine restaurants. We went to La table...
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Vieux Boucau
For the English text please see after the Dutch text.Gistermiddag kondigde het zich reeds aan en vanmorgen was het er nog steeds: de weersverbetering. Hoewel we van plan waren vandaag weer verder te...
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