A piece of paper and a photograph The first thing out of the envelope is a typewritten note, dated June 20th, 1944. It’s an original, judging by the pockmarked elevation…
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A long-lost shoebox of family photos surfaced in January 2021. It contained many treasured photos taken in the mid to late 1800’s, and there’s nothing quite like seeing the pictures…
The thing that amazes me most about visiting archives in Holland is that you can get your hands on some really old documents, and it’s not considered a big deal….
Story Andries was born in Twisk in 1841 and married Neeltje Leeuw in 1847. The name Andries, which appears for the first time here in the Zee family, came from…
Their Story Story to come Genealogy * [] + x * [] + Timeline 01-Jan-1880 Timeline items Photos Documents
Bollen was the birthplace of Bruno Zee, and the ancestral home of the Seekamp family. This little hand drawn map of the village of Bollen comes from the Zehntkarte of…
Just a few years ago, the only thing we knew about Bruno Zee, the founding father of the Zee family, was that he probably came from Germany. Since then, we’ve…
