I didn’t really
expect to find anything when I entered the “van Bergen” name into Trove seeing
as they didn’t arrive here until 1952 and the newspapers are only digitised to
about 1954. But going off on tangents is fun.
I certainly
didn’t expect to find a photo!
I think most of
us tend to think of Trove as mainly newspapers as that is where most of the ‘stories’
come from that fill in the gaps of our ancestors’ lives.
So imagine my
surprise when up came a photo of my father-in-law from 1967 – linked from the
National Archives of Australia through Picture Australia – a Department of
Immigration and Multiculturalism photo in their ‘Migrants in employment’ series.
My inlaws came
here post WWII and worked hard as did many migrants. There were photos taken of
them published ‘back home’ in Holland to promote Australia as a migration
destination. My husband didn’t know of this photo being taken and was quite
excited to see it – I might get him hooked into genealogy after all!
What an exciting discovery! Trusting your instincts and going off on a tangent certainly paid off.
ReplyDeleteHi Jackie:
ReplyDeleteI learned about your blog via Geneabloggers.
Being Dutch myself, I was interested to see the Van Bergen name. I also have a blog with many genealogical subjects. One of my posts shows a survey of foreign genealogical blogs/sites showing Dutch origin surnames. The URL is http://www.patmcast.blogspot.com/2012/05/dutch-ancestors.html. The idea is to try and establish contacts between people who have an interest in the same surname. There are numerous cases in The Netherlands where people emigrated centuries ago without leaving a trace in Dutch archives. With my blog I try to bring Dutch and foreign genealogists together. I realize that the Van Bergens came to Australia after WW2 but still I think it would be a valuable addition to my blog.
Therefore, I like to have your permission to show your site in my a.m. blog.
I look forward to your reaction!
Kind regards,
Peter
PS I am probably not telling you anything new but I noticed that the Van Bergen name to a very large extent comes from a village named Gennep in the eastern part of The Netherlands.
Hi Peter, sorry for not replying sooner. You are welcome to show my blog on your blog. My husband's van Bergens come from Limburg, predominantly Maastricht, some still live there. I have a lot of names going back but not many stories to write up on my blog yet. Regards, Jackie
ReplyDeleteNo problem Jackie and thank you for your permission to show your blog on mine. If you want me to change/add anything, please let me know.
ReplyDeleteAnd as far as those stories are concerned, they will pop up in time, I'm sure. And when you publish them, I'll see them cause I am following your blog :-)
Regards and happy writing,
Peter