Category Archives: Trivia
Faces of America
I am so so glad that I am able to watch the new PBS tv-series Faces of America on my laptop in The Netherlands! I thought I had to wait forever to be able to see this great show appear … Continue reading
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A black American indian with Dutch ancestors
This is the portrait of the black and blind chief Lonely Otter, whose great-great-grandfather was a Dutchman. We may not want be so proud of this fact. “My great-great-grandfather raped my great-great-grandfather”, explains Lonely Otter in an article on the … Continue reading
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Are you Dutch?
This might be interesting for every American who is researching his of her own Dutch roots. I stumbled upon the article Are You Dutch? while scrolling on the NY400 internetsite. Please keep me informed when you do find interesting material … Continue reading
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Star Spangled Banner by the Holland Legion Band
Webmaster and member of the Holland Legion Band David Boeve just sent me a link to the performance in Normandy of the Star Spangled Banner. We’re expecting them soon in Middelburg!
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Who knows more about Peter Baas from Vlissingen?
My experience is that asking for information on this weblog about Zeeuwse relatives or ancestors from either side of the ocean can cause small miracles, so that is why I decided to post this e-mail. I received it from Hal Rozema … Continue reading
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Another silent witness of the Zeeuwse past
Bevelander Pl. in West Sayville During my trip through the Northeast of the United States I didn’t try to search for all the streetnames connected with the province of Zeeland. That would have been an impossible task, giving the huge … Continue reading
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Wanted: descendants of De Leyser
This morning, I received an e-mail from Peter de Lijser from Breskens, who is, with a couple of far cousins, organizing a De Lijser reunion in Cadzand around June 14th, 2011. It is then exactly three centuries ago that ‘a young man from the canton … Continue reading
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The oldest pieces of American heritage are on display in Zeeland
When doing research for my ’Zeeuwse’ stories, I came across a very interesting fact. The oldest pieces of American cultural heritage, silver from Peru, Bolivia and Mexico, are only on display in one place in the world. That place is not in the … Continue reading
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Baseball player Jim Kaat had Zeeuwse ancestors
A reader of the PZC just called my attention to the famous American baseball player James Lee Kaat, nicknamed ‘Kitty’. “His ancestors are from Zeeland. When I was studying my own family tree, I learned that two couples migrated to … Continue reading
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