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Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.-
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about."
— G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Category Archives: Vander Maaten
Dutch after all: testing Mom …
It was a quite straightforward message from Ancestry: “S. Hendrickson is your Mother.” It was not unexpected — because she is my mother — but it’s still beyond me how they knew. Confidence level? Extremely High. It’s been only a … Continue reading
Posted in Kreykes, NETHERLANDS, Reitsema, RESEARCH PROCESS, Vanden Bosch, Vander Maaten
Tagged DNA, Dutch, Netherlands
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(Relatively) Wordless Wednesday
Pipe organ (“pijp orgel” in Dutch) built by H. Vander Maten and sons in Sioux County, Iowa 1900 – 1903
Posted in IOWA (Sioux County), NETHERLANDS, THINGS OUR ANCESTORS DID, Vander Maaten
Tagged Iowa, music, Netherlands, Sioux County, Vander Maaten, Vander Maten
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Ancestors making music
I’d preceded my visit to Sioux County, Iowa, with a few phone calls to locals in hopes of finding a handmade pipe organ said to have been built by a Vander Maten ancestor who immigrated from the Netherlands. Armed with … Continue reading
Posted in IOWA (ALL), IOWA (Sioux County), NETHERLANDS, THINGS OUR ANCESTORS DID, Vander Maaten
Tagged Iowa, music, Netherlands, Vander Maten
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Branch and Leaf ... a family history blog 