The Family of Peter de Vos
This is a fun discovery! Two discoveries, actually. The above photo of Peter de Vos, Maggeltje (Maggie) van Vuuren, and their children.…
Dutch Chicago Historic Maps
Snyder's real estate map of Cook County, IL, 1886, Library of Congress. Flower, S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten 1862 Map of…
The Dutch Communities of Chicago
By Amry van den Bosch, phD, assistant professor of political science, University of Kentucky, printed by Carlstrand-Rook Company for the Knickerbocker Society…
Hine Genealogy, Updated
This is the genealogy document that Glenn Hine has meticulously and lovingly maintained for many years, and now his daughter Laurie Hine…
Update on my long-standing Van Vuuren sisters photo mystery
I have spent years going back and forth trying to identify the individual Van Vuuren sisters in the few photos we have,…
Roel and Grietje Van Vuuren
Richard Hine's great-grandparents Roel and Grietje Van Vuuren were born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Chicago in 1848 at the age…
The DeJonghe, DeJong or the DeYoungs and Related Families : Genealogy and History in Europe and America and Family Coat of Arms
81 Page booklet published by Aeneas George DeYoung in 1956, updated and reprinted in 1960. Mr. DeYoung was the grandson of Jacob…
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…
First van Vuuren Settlers
While poking around on Ancestry.com, I found a page from the 100th Anniversary book of the First Reformed Church of South Holland, which…
Van Vuren Sisters Identified…Sort Of
I've spent many an hour staring at these faces, trying to deduce which van Vuuren sister is which. I recently discovered a labeled…