Last month I posted about the National Archives of Amsterdam and said I would post more as I myself learned more about this site. I mentioned that there are resources for those who are not "Dutch" including Jews - Dutch Sephardic Jews and Jews of the Holocaust including people who escaped to Holland may be represented. Like many other databases that are offered by Country or Ethnic Group (Ukrainian, Irish, etc.) the data will continue to be loaded on and so checking back every so often is a good idea. There may also be spotty information due to the temporary or permanent loss of records. Still, we can be grateful for what is given as there is usually no charge, Google translate can help English-speakers quite a bit, and a person no longer has to afford to travel to go to an archive.
Today I want to mention some items within this on-line archives which are interesting!
POPULATION REGISTERS start at 1851 and are spotty. (civil)
BIRTH REGISTERS - both religious (baptismals) and others that are not (civil). These include Mennonites and Portuguese (Sephardic) Jews.
THERE MAY BE PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY included.
House numbers are NOT the same as today.
MARKET PERMITS or "Cards" say what it is your merchant ancestor was selling. There are also PHOTOS included in this collection. I suggest that if the market permit coincides with the history of the Holocaust you do some cross-checking with records elsewhere.
"UNDERLYING REGISTERS" important and searchable.
These include marriage bonds, contracts put out to the public (so if anyone objects, because they know someone is already married for instance, which is still done in some churches in their bulletins.) This ends in 1811 when Napoleon changed the laws. Witnesses will be listed, as will it say if a person is divorced and to whom the bride or groom this time around was married to before! That is so valuable and unexpected.
A little more on this archive next month!
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AMSTERDAM
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