Postcard from Zeist

The caption is Zeist, Vijver bij 't Groen Bergje - Zeist, pond near 't Groene Bergje. I don't know what 't Groene Bergje is; literally it means the little green mountain, so possibly it was a small hill near Zeist.

The card shows the pond (but no hill). On the background we see a shepherd with a few sheep and a dog, and a man who is sitting down at the pond and probably reading a book.

Postcard from Ede

A postcard from the Boschpoortstraat street in Ede. The name of the street changed later to Grotestraat. Note the clothes of the people on the street!

The postcard was sent in 1908.

Dutch archive news: June 2010

• New records in Genlias: Birth records from Limburg (Horst, Neeritter, Schinnen, Sittard, Venlo) and Utrecht (Utrecht City), and death records from Limburg (Ottersum, Swalmen, Venlo) and Noord-Holland (Avenhorn, Etersheim, Groet, Haarlemmermeer, Hensbroek, Nibbixwoud, Opdam, Opmeer, Wognum).
• The Utrecht archives will expand the Archiefbank (archive database), on 5 July. There will also be a charge for viewing and downloading scans.
• The National Library of The Netherlands digitized its collection of catchpenny prints and made it available on Memory of The Netherlands: "This collection of catchpenny prints gives a good picture of the topics the population was interested in. For researchers and people interested in the history of the Netherlands this is a real treasure-house containing images and texts from the past. This remarkable heritage is now digitally available so that everyone can become acquainted with it. The catchpenny prints can be regarded as source material for research of text and language; of the daily life of our ancestors plying trades (that have disappeared), children's games, transport, fashion, role patterns, housing and housekeeping; tilling the land, poverty and wealth; of values and standards and pedagogical views and of image with illustration techniques and styles."
• The Gelderland archive opened a new website. Unfortunately, there is no English interface.
• Three new archives on Twitter: the Schiedam city archive, the Utrecht provincial archive, and Westfriesland regional archive in Hoorn. See the complete list of tweeting archives.
• The city archive of Den Haag opened a film database with moving images from their collections, from the period 1905-1983.
• The Zeeland archive is scanning its civil registry. The first scans (BMD records of Schouwen-Duiveland) should be available some time next year.