Some example projects
Proof of a family-myth:
dying by lightning
Sometimes our work turns out to be real proof of a long-existing family-myth. It happened with the investigation for Cherri Johns from Michigan in the US. She asked us to do a Digital Screening on her Dutch family history in the years before the Second World War. During the war, most of her family members were lost, so she was especially interested in birth announcements. We found not only several of them, but also proof of the family-myth one of the ancestors had died once by lightning. Read more
Besides the proof of this, which we reported to Cherri with original documents, we also traced a living family member of hers in Israel.
“That is amazing to hear - dying by lightning was a family myth - but it's amazing you found that!”
Cherri Johns, Michigan, USA
Life of an American priest
Kate from the US wanted to know more about the history of an American priest with Dutch roots in the nineteenth century. She had already researched him a lot and had written a timeline of his life. She asked us to do a Digital Check of the information she already had and to fill the gaps in the timeline. We did fill almost every gap and reported Kate with scans of found documents. Read more
Now Kate has a more complete picture of – and better perspective on – the life of this American priest.
“I look forward to reviewing your work and learning more about the priest!”
Kate, USA
Three generations in the former Dutch Indies and Dutch New-Guinea
In this case we wrote a manuscript for a book about the family history of one of our customers. One of the family’s ancestors signed up for the Dutch military and went to the former Dutch Indies in 1875. Forty years later, one of his sons became a building constructor and helped further develop the colony. The daughter of this building constructor was also successful, as the owner of a famous local fashion store. However, her life was affected by the Second World War in the Dutch Indies. Read more
The family of this amazing Dutch family history wanted to do the search for photos themselves. Once its done we will post an image of the book here.
“The story of this family was wonderful and touching at the same time. It was a real pleasure to do the research for it and write about this Dutch family history. ”
Rogier Overman, founder of Dutch Family Roots
A 100 years old Dutch barge
To help writing a book about a 100 years old Dutch barge, we conducted an investigation into previously unknown areas of its history. The barge was built in 1923 for an agricultural company in Dordrecht and was used for transporting canes, reeds, and sugar beets in the Mariapolder area. We discovered that the barge was actually a replacement for a sunken ship. Read more
Besides assisting the author of the book with his research, we also aided him in searching for historical photographs, similar to our Search for Photos service. We managed to find images of other barges that were used in the Mariapolder area during the same time as the barge. Additionally, we located historical photographs of the area, including old images of a sugar-beet factory where the barge transported canes and sugar-beets.
If you want to order the book click here; it costs 24 euro including postage and packing and will be sent to you by the author himself.
“I am very grateful to you for all your help and cannot but wonder what else might have been included had I been able to give you an open budget and free rein.”
Peter Moulden, England
