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By Henk van Kampen on Wednesday, 8 September 2010
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Dutch archive news, August 2010
August means summer, and summer means vacation season: Many archive visitors and archive staff were on vacation. The result was limited opening hours, fewer visitors, and hardly any news.
- New in genlias: Marriage records from Curaçao and death records from Flevoland (Noordoostpolder, Urk, Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders) and Noord-Holland (Anna Paulowna, Beemster, Oostzaandam, Sijbekarspel, Spanbroek, Westzaandam, Zaandam).
- Three archives used the quiet summer months to launch a page on facebook: the provincial archives BHIC (Noord-Brabant) and Tresoar (Friesland), and the regional archive Markiezenhof (Bergen op Zoom). Markiezenhof is also new on Twitter (@hetmarkiezenhof). See the complete list of Dutch archives on facebook and twitter.
Labels: Flevoland, Friesland, Netherlands Antilles, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland
By Henk van Kampen on Friday, 3 September 2010
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said...Please advise whether the sir name "Post" is of Dutch orgin. My father said he was dutch and this was his last name. Thank you
Henk van Kampen said...Yes, Post can be a Dutch surname.
- Hans Zijlstra, blogger, sneuper, ondernemer said...
The name Post was, like Postma, Posthuma, Postema and Posthumus, in 1811 taken mostly by people whose father had recently died or whose father died before their own birth. So nothing to do with mail etc., but postume.
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I'm trying to find information on the name "Knyfd". My grandfather was from Friesland, around Grouw, I think. He came to the US as a young boy; and says that the name was misspelled by the US immigration official. Any insights into it's possible origin would be greatly appreciated.
- Politikus said...
I'm putting together a family tree and am stuck won my paternal grandmother's family. Her last names were Obediente Robero (or Roberts). Other names that come up persistently are Maal, Petit, and Lopes. I've found some information in Genlis from Curazao, but hardly anything on how they got there. Any advice on where to look?
Thank you.- said...
Comment on Anonymus asking name Knyfd.
Perhaps the real name is Knijff or
Knijf. Search for these two Genlias
in Friesland.- Steve said...
My own surname of Postma traces name back to early 1620. Family records indicate a trade where horses and travel to Germany and Poland were common.
- Henk van Kampen said...
A quick search on Tresoar proves the name Postma existed well before 1700.
According to the Meertens surname database, the prefix -post- in the name Postma, can either mean posthumous, post/mail, or post/base/station.- said...
KNYFD
To Anonymous: I have information on the Knyfd family. Contact me at void580@yahoo.com
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