Maartje Hoogvorst DeJong
I just noticed a discrepancy. The Dutch website where I found records of our ancestors (translation here) says the following: Jan Dirksz…
Mount Greenwood Cemetery
I tried to visit Mount Greenwood Cemetery back in 2010 but it was closed. I'm using this post to collect research for…
Further Reading
Today I discovered an image of our ancestor Jacob De Jong that I hadn't seen before (see image here). It's apparently from…
Van Vuuren 50th Wedding Anniversary
In this photo Grandmother VanVuuren, Ann Norris (?), Grandfather VanVuuren, Aunt Gertrude VanErden (that is the order in which the names were…
Dutch Chicago Exerpt
Source: Dutch Chicago: A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City By Robert P. Swierenga
Dutch Genealogy: DeJong, Eenigenburg, Alberda, Smit…
Translation is Finished! I have translated all the Dutch genealogy of Jacob De Jong and Geertje Eenigenburg's ancestors. It still needs to…
Ancestors of Jan DeJong and Maartje Hoogvorst
I found a Dutch website with a wealth of information about our ancestors, specifically the lineage of Jan DeJong and Maartje Hoogvorst…
Eenigenburg and Schoorl
I spent some time googling around about our ancestral homeland. Our ancestors hail from two villages in northwest Holland. The two locations…
Eenigenburg Family (Jacob De Jong’s wife Geertje)
All information in this post is from eenigenburg.org. Do go check it out; it includes information about the immigration of our Dutch…
Jacob de Jong and Geertje Eeingenburg de Jong
Geertje Eingenburg DeJong was born 17 July 1810 in Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She died 3 October 1896 in Roseland (Chicago, Illinois). Jacob…
Timeline of South Holland, Illinois
A Timeline of South Holland's History (from http://www.southholland.org/History/timeline1.phtml) The Beginning: 1600s to 1894 1600s Fertile lands and abundant catfish, sun fish, pike,…