A piece of paper and a photograph The first thing out of the envelope is a typewritten note, dated June 20th, 1944. It’s an original, judging by the pockmarked elevation…
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A long-lost shoebox of family photos surfaced in January 2021. It contained many treasured photos taken in the mid to late 1800’s, and there’s nothing quite like seeing the pictures…
The thing that amazes me most about visiting archives in Holland is that you can get your hands on some really old documents, and it’s not considered a big deal….
Once upon a time, the village of Twisk was full of Zee’s. In 1832, Pieter Zee and Neeltje Veer came to live here. He was a farmer, she was taking…
This bible was printed in 1856, by Johannes Enschedé & Zonen in Haarlem, Holland. It contains a copy of the New Testament, and the Book of Psalms. A few handwritten…
Story Andries was born in Twisk in 1841 and married Neeltje Leeuw in 1847. The name Andries, which appears for the first time here in the Zee family, came from…
Original source: https://www.hoochhoutwout.nl/periodieken/53-2017/487-2017-arie-zee-hardrijder-uit-hoogwoud Arie Zee, hardrijder uit Hoogwoud Door Annet Brode-Mooij Schaatsiconen zijn van alle tijden. Zo is in 2017 Sven Kramer een grote naam, zijn vader Yep in de…
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