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Noord-Holland provincial atlas 1865-1870.

Select ‘Zoeken’ (search) and then type the name of the town or person you’re looking for in ‘Vrij zoeken’ (free search) and press ‘OK’. There are several online sources for images of Noord-Holland: Many enterpreneurs, especially from Amsterdam, left the country to live in colonies or tradeposts around the world.Īmsterdam was also home to the largest chamber of the Dutch East-Indies Company which also sent many people across the world. As a result, Noord-Holland wasn’t struck particularly hard by any of the major emigration waves.

Amsterdam especially has always drawn many immigrants. Noord-Holland has always been one of the more prosperous parts of the Netherlands. The Amsterdam marriage records are not available online and will not become available for at least another couple of years. This does not include Amsterdam, which in itself accounts for about 10% of the total number of marriage records in the Netherlands. Many of the marriage records from Noord-Holland can be found in WieWasWie. Unfortunately, neither website is available in English. The records of Amsterdam are kept by the Amsterdam municipal archives. Most genealogical records of the province are kept by the Noord-Hollands Archief. Some regions did use patronymics in addition to the family name. Most families had fixed surnames centuries before the civil registration made that mandatory.

There are no specific naming traditions that researchers need to take into account when doing research in Noord-Holland. The capital city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, is also situated in Noord-Holland. The capital city of Noord-Holland is Haarlem. It borders on the IJsselmeer, Utrecht and Flevoland in the east, Utrecht and Zuid-Holland in the south, and the North Sea on the west and north. Noord-Holland is a province in the north-west of the Netherlands.