Codex Oera Linda
Book Review: Codex Oera Linda: English Edition Translated by Jan Ott December 23, 2021 - by Catherine Austin Fitts If you live in Friesland, you fall in love with the land – with the dairy cows…
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Famous Frisians in America
The book, "Famous Frisians in America" is now available for purchase. There are 8 pages on the Fonda Family which detail the history of Jellis Douw Fonda, who emigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam in about…
Anneke Jans
Some interesting information on our Anneke Jans connection... (connection verified through references in "Dear Cousin"; A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation") This is an e-mail I recently…
Dutch Banns
Marriage of Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr This is a microfilm copy of the original Banns (marriage vows) between Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr in 1641. Surnames were not used at the time in Holland. Douwes…
Dutch Roots
Foyngha, Netherlands The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, "Amsterdam Records of the Fonda Family" states: "In Frisian records van der Meer did not find any mention of the name Fonda, but in the vicinity of…