Zeeland Ancestors

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Volunteers and employees of the Zeeuws Archives are the ones who fill the database with data. This is done by people, so it is possible you come across a mistake. The civil servants of the Civil Registry might have also made mistake. It is also possible that the declarants did not have the right information at the time of declaration.

There are several ways to alert us of a mistake:

• In the database Zeeland Ancestors via the email button React. This option will automatically send the specifics of the description. In the Comments you can describe the mistake you found.
• Send us an email at zeeuwengezocht@zeeuwsarchief.nl.

All comments are used to improve the database. The processing of your comment might take some time. You will always receive a response from us.

The different sources you can access through Zeeland Ancestors are divided into 42 source groups. Check out the Overview of used sources in Zeeland Ancestors.

The most recently added documents to Zeeland Ancestors are always directly under the search bar and you can even sort by “most recently edited”. When new documents are added, we also announce this via our website and social media.

Check out the list of all added files in the overview per year. This overview is in Dutch only: overzicht van nieuwe bronnen per jaar.

Check out the overview per year of the amount of personal data in Zeeland Ancestors.

Always cite the original source in your bibliography or works cited. This is never Zeeland Ancestors or the Zeeuws Archives website, but always the archive source from which the data originates. 

This smiling man is François de Reu. He was born on the 16th of March 1796 in Schoondijke, Zeeuws-Flanders. This picture was taken on the occasion of his 100th birthday. He was a tailor by trade. He lived and worked in Groede, close to his place of birth, for a big part of his life. He died on the 1st of April 1899.