Netherlands Off The Beaten Path Tips by sammie

You do not have to get out of the house for this..

.....but you can stay in your chair. This tip is about your roots in the Netherlands. If you have Dutch roots, or want to find a distant relative this site can help you. The site is also available in Dutch. You can also make a virtual (Dutch) calandar, with the mos important dutch days already filled in.

For genealogy research on your family, get started at the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie in The Hague.

Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie
P.O. Box 11755
2502 AT The Hague
Tel.: +31 703 150 570
Website: www.cbg.nl/english/englishpag.htm

In the USA:
Hope College
Dept. Joint Archive of Holland
P.O. Box 9000
Holland, Michigan 49422-9000
Tel.: (616)-395-7798
Fax: (616)-395-7197
Email: archives@hope.edu
Website: http://hope.edu/jointarchives

If your jewish then maybe this site may also help
Centrum voor Onderzoek naar de
Geschiedenis der Nederlandse Joden
Yizhak Rabin World Center of Jewish Studies- mt. Scopus
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91905 Jerusalem
tel + fax : 02-5880242
website: http://dutchjewry.huji.ac.il/

Website: http://www.rootsinholland.com

Please visit, or you'll miss out on a lot!

i can't say it enough, but if you come to the Netherlands, you really should pay a visit to Schouwen-Duiveland.

Website: http://www.schouwenduiveland.com (dutch)