Netherlands Genealogical Records

Netherlands Birth & Baptism Records

Netherlands Birth & Baptism Index (1564-1910)

An index to over 2.1 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Netherlands Birth & Christening Index (1608-1882)

A database containing information extracted from birth and christening records from selected localities in The Netherlands, including parents' names.

Netherlands Marriage & Divorce Records

Netherlands Marriage Index (1565-1892)

An index to over 550,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Netherlands Marriage Index (1637-1892)

An index to around 70,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Netherlands Death & Burial Records

Netherlands Death & Burial Index (1668-1945)

An index of around 200,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Netherlands

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Netherlands Immigration & Travel Records

Mormon Migration Database (1840-1932)

Index of pioneer immigrants with image links to journals, autobiographies, letters, and other narratives. The immigrants were from the British, Scandinavian, Swedish, and Netherlands Missions.

Dutch Immigrants Arriving in New York (1881-1894)

50,000 extracts from New York passenger lists, including the name; gender; birthplace; age; occupation; country of origin; port of embarkation; ship accommodations; port of arrival; date of arrival; intended destination; family status; occupation and more of Dutch immigrants.

Dutch Immigrants to America (1820-1880)

The name; gender; age; occupation; last residence; port of embarkation; port of arrival; date of arrival; intended destination; family status; name of vessel and source information of 56,000 Dutch immigrants extracted from passenger lists.

Netherlands Military Records

UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls (1914-1920)

An index to over 6.5 million medals and awards bestowed on British military personnel. The awards are the British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal, 1914 Star, Territorial War Force Medal and Allied Subjects Medal; the latter of which contains many French, Belgians and Dutch.

Prisoners of War (1715-1945)

An index to and images records detailing the incarceration of 1.34 million military personnel, civilians, diplomats, missionaries & merchant seamen who were held as prisoners of war. The records cover British prisoners held by foreign powers and non-British prisoners held by Britain.

US WWII European Theater Army Records (1942-1946)

Administrative, strategic, and other documents relating to U.S. operations in Europe during World War II.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Netherlands Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.

Netherlands Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Netherlands Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Netherlands Occupation & Business Records

Slave Voyages Database (1514-1866)

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Netherlands

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Netherlands Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Heraldry Clipart (1189-Present)

A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Netherlands Church Records

Mormon Migration Database (1840-1932)

Index of pioneer immigrants with image links to journals, autobiographies, letters, and other narratives. The immigrants were from the British, Scandinavian, Swedish, and Netherlands Missions.

Netherlands Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Netherlands Reference Works

Heraldry Clipart (1189-Present)

A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Historical Description

On the North-west of Italy lyeth Germany, which is divided into the higher and the lower; this latter is called Netherland. It is bounded on the East, with Ems, and part of Germany; on the West, with the German Sea; on the North, with East-Friezeland; and on the South, with the Some, Champaigne, and Lorrain.

The Situation

The Air of this Countrey is very intemperate, the winter-cold being excessive, and the summers-heat far exceeding the ordinary heat of that Clime.

Natures of the People

The Men for the most part are well proportioned, much given to our English Beer, being excessive in their drinking, so that you shall hardly find a Dutch-man sober in an afternoon. The Women generally are of a good complexion, well proportioned, especially in their leg and foot; honourers of virtue; active, and familiar; both within doors and without they govern all.

Diet

In their Diet, Butter is the first and last dish at the table, whereof they make all sauces; as well your Men as Women passing from City to City to trade, carry with them Cheese, and Boxes of Butter, for their food. They use no Spits here, but see the little pieces of flesh with Roots, and Gobbets of fat mingled, without any curiosity; or else bake them in earthen Pipkins.

Fertility

They have abundance of Butter, Cheese, and Roots for Corn, they have not sufficient for their own use, yet by traffick at Dantzick they furnish themselves and many other Nations therewith. They have little plenty of River fish, but Sea fishes salted and dryed, they make great traffick therewith. There is great abundance of Sea-fowl, and they want not Land-fowl.

Commodity

The Commodities in which they most abound, are Tapistries, Sayes, Searges, Worsteds, Frigadoes, and divers sorts of linnen Cloth, with abundance of other small trifles.

This Countrey is divided into seventeen Provinces, viz.

Into -4 Dukedoms, 1. Limburg, 2. Luxenburg, 3. Gelderland, 4. Brabant, 1 Marquisate, Of the Holy Empire. 7 Earldoms -1. Flanders, 2. Artoys, 3. Hainault, 4. Namurre, 5. Zutphen, 6. Holland, 7. Zealand. 5 Baronies -1. West-Friezl, 2. Utretch, 3. Overysell, 4. Machlyn, 5. Groyning.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

A maritime country of Central Europe, with an area of 12,761 square miles, and a population of 6,843,436 (1920). The trade between the United Kingdom and the kingdom of the Netherlands is of considerable importance. The Dutch are chiefly devoted to maritime, farming, and agricultural pursuits. The mercantile marine is very important, and a large carrying trade is done with England and her colonies. Holland supplies us with agricultural and dairy produce to the extent of three-quarters of her exports. The total value of the Exports to the United Kingdom in 1920 was £39,253,702. In 1914 the exports were £24,310,821, and included, besides dairy produce, woollen and cotton goods, chemicals, painters' colours, paper, geneva, hides, sugar, and metals. Cocoa and chocolate are also supplied in large quantities, and there is an increasing trade in vegetables and bulbs. Holland is a capital field for proprietary articles of British and American manufacture. The Imports from the United Kingdom (valued in 1920 is £62,138,433) normally consist of metals, hardware, machinery, cotton yarn and manufactures, wool and woollen goods, drugs, patent medicines, and proprietary articles. These figures do not include the trade returns of the Dutch colonies. Amsterdam, the chief city, had in 1920 a population of 649,335 ; The Hague, 360,425; and Rotterdam, 507,661.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Netherlands

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1de Jong91,2851:185
2Jansen83,1201:203
3de Vries78,1151:216
4Bakker61,6351:274
5Janssen59,9691:282
6van Dijk58,0261:291
7Visser55,8041:303
8Smit46,8241:361
9de Boer43,5431:388
10de Groot41,0791:411
11Mulder40,9551:412
12Meijer39,8671:424
13Bos39,3881:429
14Vos34,0901:495
15Peters33,0061:512
16van der Berg32,8871:513
17Hendriks31,6981:533
18Dekker31,3691:538
19van Leeuwen30,8031:548
20Brouwer29,2771:577
21van den Berg27,5651:613
22Dijkstra26,8541:629
23de Wit25,9211:651
24Smits25,8431:653
25Kok23,3221:724
26Vermeulen23,0791:732
27de Graaf22,9521:736
28van der Meer22,6531:745
29Jacobs22,3121:757
30de Haan21,7391:777
31van der Linden21,0941:801
32Schouten19,1771:881
33van der Veen19,0521:886
34de Bruin18,9081:893
35van Vliet18,5691:909
36Willems18,5361:911
37Hoekstra18,0311:937
38van Beek17,8391:947
39Koster17,5161:964
40Maas17,1851:983
41van Dam17,0171:992
42Prins16,9411:997
43Verhoeven16,5931:1,018
44Huisman16,4541:1,026
45Blom16,3111:1,035
46Peeters15,8291:1,067
47Kuipers15,7981:1,069
48de Bruijn15,6081:1,082
49van der Heijden15,5461:1,086
50de Jonge15,5081:1,089
51Kramer15,3711:1,099
52Post15,2831:1,105
53van der Wal15,0001:1,126
54Kuiper14,8421:1,138
55van Veen14,7981:1,141
56Boer14,7741:1,143
57Groot14,4511:1,169
58Scholten14,3481:1,177
59Klein14,0871:1,199
60van Wijk14,0311:1,204
61Martens13,6341:1,239
62Veenstra13,6041:1,241
63Groen13,5541:1,246
64Vink13,4071:1,260
65Postma13,3741:1,263
66Bosch13,1421:1,285
67de Ruiter13,1401:1,285
68Koning13,1301:1,286
69Smeets12,9851:1,301
70de Lange12,9191:1,307
71Timmermans12,8961:1,309
72Jonker12,6491:1,335
73de Vos12,6131:1,339
74de Koning12,4381:1,358
75Hermans12,2811:1,375
76Gerritsen12,2291:1,381
77Schipper12,1581:1,389
78Van Loon12,0111:1,406
79Willemsen11,8541:1,425
80Evers11,6391:1,451
81Driessen11,5691:1,460
82Sanders11,5221:1,466
83Molenaar11,3161:1,492
84van Dongen11,3021:1,494
85Mol11,2971:1,495
86Bosman11,1511:1,514
87van Doorn11,0581:1,527
88van der Laan10,9701:1,539
89Verbeek10,8001:1,564
90de Leeuw10,7721:1,568
91van der Velden10,6811:1,581
92van der Meulen10,6481:1,586
93van der Horst10,6421:1,587
94Roos10,6351:1,588
95van der Heuvel10,5701:1,598
96Stam10,5071:1,607
97Hofman10,4791:1,612
98Muller10,4321:1,619
99Kroon10,4101:1,622
100Wolters10,2501:1,648
101van der Velde10,1461:1,664
102van der Ven10,0961:1,673
103van der Broek9,9781:1,692
104Groeneveld9,6831:1,744
105de Haas9,6811:1,744
106Wouters9,6501:1,750
107Koopman9,6451:1,751
108Bosma9,6411:1,752
109Timmer9,6221:1,755
110van Rijn9,5711:1,764
111Schaap9,3941:1,798
112Zijlstra9,3721:1,802
113Verhagen9,3331:1,809
114van den Heuvel9,2501:1,826
115Simons9,1981:1,836
116Pronk9,1891:1,838
117Boon9,0251:1,871
118Vonk8,9601:1,885
119Dekkers8,8861:1,900
120Stevens8,7881:1,922
121Kuijpers8,6671:1,948
122Rutten8,6461:1,953
123Jager8,6181:1,960
124Snijders8,6171:1,960
125de Jager8,5891:1,966
126Bouwman8,5691:1,971
127van den Broek8,5451:1,976
128Versteeg8,5301:1,980
129Blok8,4761:1,992
130Otten8,4611:1,996
131Vermeer8,3831:2,014
132Faber8,3761:2,016
133Klaassen8,3571:2,021
134Aarts8,0941:2,086
135Franken8,0811:2,090
136Boersma8,0621:2,095
137Dijk8,0441:2,099
138Geurts8,0331:2,102
139Lammers8,0211:2,105
140van Schaik7,9871:2,114
141Joosten7,8251:2,158
142Cornelissen7,8031:2,164
143de Rooij7,7641:2,175
144Bouman7,7151:2,189
145Damen7,6411:2,210
146Derks7,5421:2,239
147Roelofs7,5391:2,240
148Arts7,5211:2,245
148Teunissen7,5211:2,245
150van der Pol7,4781:2,258
151Timmerman7,4201:2,276
152Verweij7,3211:2,307
153Hoek7,3031:2,312
154Venema7,2921:2,316
155Gerrits7,2911:2,316
156Verhoef7,2521:2,329
157Zwart7,2291:2,336
158Goossens7,2061:2,343
159Schuurman7,1991:2,346
160Wiersma7,1701:2,355
161Kamphuis7,1491:2,362
162Thijssen7,1021:2,378
163Derksen7,0351:2,400
164van der Brink7,0101:2,409
165Wessels6,9841:2,418
166Visscher6,9681:2,424
167van der Werf6,9621:2,426
168van der Plas6,9531:2,429
169Jong6,9521:2,429
170Baars6,9381:2,434
170van Eijk6,9381:2,434
172Baas6,9251:2,439
173van den Akker6,8061:2,481
174Brink6,7701:2,494
175Bouma6,7311:2,509
176van der Heide6,7271:2,510
177Brouwers6,7161:2,514
178Terpstra6,6731:2,531
179Bijl6,6161:2,552
180van Driel6,6061:2,556
181Berg6,5731:2,569
182Hartman6,5441:2,581
183Pieters6,5181:2,591
184van der Steen6,5071:2,595
185van der Hoek6,4791:2,606
186Keizer6,4681:2,611
187van der Burg6,4501:2,618
188Rietveld6,4381:2,623
189Veen6,4311:2,626
190Brand6,4101:2,635
191van Eck6,3791:2,647
192Kersten6,3731:2,650
193Arends6,3631:2,654
194van Rooij6,3211:2,672
195Feenstra6,2801:2,689
196Koopmans6,2421:2,705
197van Rossum6,2331:2,709
198Vissers6,2301:2,711
199Knol6,2261:2,712
200Hoogendoorn6,2001:2,724