Friesland Genealogical Records

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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 Friesland

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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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 Friesland

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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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.

Friesland 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 Friesland

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Netherlands
1de Vries12,6531:5116.20%3
2de Jong11,7781:5412.90%1
3Dijkstra8,4791:7531.57%22
4de Boer7,5381:8517.31%9
5Visser6,8191:9412.22%7
6Hoekstra6,5811:9736.50%37
7Postma4,9791:12937.23%65
8Veenstra4,6361:13834.08%62
9van der Veen3,8961:16420.45%33
10Bakker3,7841:1696.14%4
11van der Wal3,5431:18123.62%53
12de Haan3,4871:18416.04%30
13van der Meer3,1531:20313.92%28
14Zijlstra3,0251:21232.28%112
15Bosma2,9951:21431.07%108
16Brouwer2,7211:2359.29%20
17van der Meulen2,7081:23625.43%92
18Kooistra2,6941:23845.35%217
19van Dijk2,6811:2394.62%6
20Bouma2,4531:26136.44%175
21Boersma2,4201:26430.02%136
22de Groot2,4071:2665.86%10
23Mulder2,3711:2705.79%11
24Wiersma2,3111:27732.23%160
25Terpstra2,2721:28234.05%178
26Feenstra2,1501:29834.24%195
27Boonstra2,0371:31433.34%209
28Hiemstra2,0311:31546.32%359
29Bergsma1,9381:33035.27%239
30Faber1,8921:33822.59%132
31Kuipers1,8361:34911.62%47
32van der Heide1,7961:35626.70%176
33Bos1,7631:3634.48%13
34Meijer1,7011:3764.27%12
35Miedema1,6251:39438.52%379
36Reitsma1,5921:40239.96%412
37Smit1,5621:4103.34%8
38Elzinga1,4921:42939.68%445
39Koopmans1,4761:43423.65%196
40Westra1,4131:45329.73%320
41Bruinsma1,4101:45427.85%292
42Bijlsma1,3311:48133.55%417
43Kramer1,3271:4828.63%51
44de Graaf1,3241:4835.77%27
44Douma1,3241:48332.31%397
46van der Zee1,3041:49122.42%226
47van der Velde1,2811:50012.63%101
48van der Werf1,2451:51417.88%167
48Venema1,2451:51417.07%154
50Hofstra1,1921:53740.49%610
51Adema1,1891:53836.91%545
52Kingma1,1791:54337.52%562
53van der Ploeg1,1391:56218.65%210
54Huisman1,1131:5756.76%44
55van der Molen1,1061:57920.47%251
56van der Berg1,1001:5823.34%16
57Jansen1,0601:6041.28%2
58Jongsma1,0371:61735.91%630
59Huitema1,0041:63749.39%1,031
60Jonker9941:6447.86%72
61Jager9671:66211.22%123
61Woudstra9671:66234.73%664
63Spoelstra9281:69035.45%717
64Post9251:6926.05%52
65Jansma9051:70735.50%749
66Nicolai8921:71744.16%1,041
67van der Woude8881:72119.15%331
68Posthumus8651:74030.73%658
69Talsma8621:74250.23%1,303
70Brandsma8591:74529.46%621
71de Bruin8551:7484.52%34
72de Jager8321:7699.69%125
72Nauta8321:76924.79%519
74Wagenaar8221:77815.38%262
75Bootsma8161:78435.74%883
76Vries8121:78815.34%268
77Osinga7991:80141.96%1,132
78Groen7961:8045.87%63
79Wijbenga7921:80849.87%1,452
80Prins7861:8144.64%42
81Heida7731:82849.97%1,509
81van der Bij7731:82855.61%1,724
83Broersma7631:83939.35%1,101
84Hamstra7501:85338.28%1,079
85Kuiper7331:8734.94%54
86Akkerman7261:88119.31%445
87de Wit7201:8892.78%23
88Wouda7171:89232.18%910
89Kloosterman7131:89717.71%405
90Riemersma7101:90142.82%1,360
91van der Kooi7031:91037.78%1,156
91van der Schaaf7031:91030.15%850
93Koster6971:9183.98%39
93Stienstra6971:91838.79%1,216
95Kok6901:9272.96%25
95Witteveen6901:92716.75%395
97Sijtsma6871:93136.86%1,154
97van der Laan6871:9316.26%88
99Plantinga6771:94542.63%1,452
100van der Veer6671:95912.11%238
101Wassenaar6471:98921.35%595
102Hofman6411:9986.12%97
103Geertsma6371:1,00544.70%1,676
103Koning6371:1,0054.85%68
105Braaksma6341:1,00934.61%1,180
106Boomsma6271:1,02134.08%1,169
107Tolsma6241:1,02537.91%1,373
108Schaap6211:1,0306.61%111
109Veltman6141:1,04215.75%426
110Schotanus6111:1,04738.19%1,429
111Boer6081:1,0524.12%56
111de Ruiter6081:1,0524.63%67
111Jorritsma6081:1,05239.00%1,494
111Krol6081:1,05217.36%492
111Vos6081:1,0521.78%14
111Wijma6081:1,05238.58%1,464
111Zwart6081:1,0528.41%157
118Jellema5981:1,07033.28%1,216
119Dijk5941:1,0777.38%137
119Vellinga5941:1,07736.80%1,413
121van der Sluis5911:1,08311.07%264
121Zuidema5911:1,08315.66%440
123Haarsma5781:1,10747.34%2,049