Drenthe Genealogical Records

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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 Drenthe

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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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 Drenthe

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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Drenthe 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.

Most Common Surnames in Drenthe

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Netherlands
1de Vries4,0341:1205.16%3
2Mulder2,7151:1786.63%11
3Bos2,6271:1846.67%13
4Vos2,5091:1937.36%14
5Bakker2,4091:2013.91%4
6Smit2,3841:2035.09%8
7de Jong1,9321:2502.12%1
8Jansen1,8861:2562.27%2
9de Jonge1,7371:27811.20%50
10Dekker1,7041:2845.43%18
11de Boer1,6981:2853.90%9
12van der Veen1,6251:2988.53%33
13Meijer1,5731:3073.95%12
14Boer1,4821:32610.03%56
15van Dijk1,4551:3322.51%6
16de Groot1,2971:3733.16%10
17Dijkstra1,2941:3744.82%22
18Kuipers1,2511:3877.92%47
19Kuiper1,2031:4028.11%54
20Koops1,1691:41423.94%309
20Visser1,1691:4142.09%7
22Veenstra1,1091:4368.15%62
23Schonewille1,0971:44140.95%702
24Koster1,0601:4566.05%39
25Venema1,0391:46514.25%154
26Brouwer1,0111:4783.45%20
27Prins9961:4855.88%42
28Benjamins9451:51244.62%975
29Timmer9231:5249.59%109
30Oosting9111:53131.59%633
31van der Berg8661:5582.63%16
32Post8631:5605.65%52
33Hendriks8571:5642.70%17
34Kok8441:5733.62%25
34Otten8441:5739.98%130
36Strijker8261:58539.41%983
37Jager7871:6149.13%123
38Zwiers7781:62224.18%547
39Snippe7721:62638.12%1,034
40Hoving7591:63727.19%661
40van der Weide7591:63721.21%479
42Steenbergen7381:65513.74%259
43Arends7351:65811.55%193
44Huizing7291:66326.29%667
45Hummel7261:66629.44%779
46Pol7201:67213.21%245
47Schepers7051:68611.90%219
48Wolters7021:6896.85%100
49Ottens6961:69530.29%874
50Jonker6861:7055.42%72
50van der Laan6861:7056.25%88
52Moes6801:71119.78%507
52Peters6801:7112.06%15
54Bruins6591:73414.14%327
54Hoekstra6591:7343.65%37
56Koning6561:7375.00%68
57Brink6531:7409.65%174
57Hoogeveen6531:74012.23%263
59Huisman6441:7513.91%44
60Knol6411:75410.30%199
61Stevens6381:7587.26%120
62de Haan6321:7652.91%30
63Drenth6291:76913.89%338
64Schipper5981:8094.92%77
65de Lange5951:8134.61%70
65Janssen5951:8130.99%5
65Kiers5951:81334.53%1,292
68Everts5891:82124.57%815
69Koopman5861:8256.08%107
70Berends5801:83410.78%256
71van der Velde5681:8515.60%101
71van Veen5681:8513.84%55
71Westerhof5681:85113.70%391
74Kuik5651:85628.51%1,066
75Kleine5621:86024.56%879
76Harms5471:88420.65%711
76Martens5471:8844.01%61
78Timmerman5411:8947.29%151
79Klein5381:8993.82%59
79Veldman5381:8999.15%221
81Bosma5351:9045.55%108
82Kremer5291:91413.19%409
82Scholten5291:9143.69%58
84Reinders5221:9269.05%229
85Hofman5161:9374.92%97
86Wever5101:94814.52%491
87Kroezen5041:95928.78%1,269
88Duinkerken5011:96545.09%2,285
88Oost5011:96519.67%750
90Schuiling4891:98926.69%1,180
91Blokzijl4861:99531.17%1,494
92Klok4831:1,00112.78%439
93Lubbers4801:1,00710.35%332
94Smid4711:1,02711.73%408
94van Wijk4711:1,0273.36%60
96Eising4621:1,04745.43%2,558