Ever since the wonderful
genlias website was ‘taken over’ by Wiewaswie, the ability to search (and read)
Dutch records in English disappeared.
I was able to fill in lots
of gaps in my husband’s family with genlias. It wasn’t completely in English
but with the help of my mother in law and google translate, I was able to get
lots of answers.
I’ve just seen on a blog
from January this year that the new website is now in English! I can’t believe
it’s taken me so long to notice.
I guess that’s what comes
from bookmarking favourite websites and just clicking on them.
So now, a whole new (Dutch)
world has opened up.
The WieWasWie (translates to WhoWasWho) database includes civil register
records, church records, passenger lists of the Dutch East India Company and -
for now - rarely memoranda of succession. Apart from these historical records,
you can search user generated content, family trees and biographies by other
users.
There’s even a video to help
you use the site – produced by familysearch as part of their FamilySearch
Learning Centre.
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| So much easier to read than the previous view - see below |
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