Census results are one of the main sources used to analyse the population in a certain area. Within the Netherlands, aggregated Dutch census results can be found online. Personally, I love this easy access to 19th century data – it helps me in contextualizing a lot of my findings. For instance, the published data on…
Category: Demography
Church books are an important resource in researching Dutch citizens before the introduction of civil registration. As a result, many of these church books are available online, along with indexes to all entries. However, the Roman Catholic church books of Diemen, a town nearby Amsterdam, were not. Having used indexes made by many other people…