Web Resources: Google Translate

If there's one tool that's a total necessity for people with an ancestry that spans multiple countries, then it's Google Translate.

Google Translate is a free online and app-based translator that can translate words, sentences, and whole blocks of text instantaneously. I will be discussing the web version as this is the one I use as a genealogy research tool.

Web Resources: zoekakten.nl

24/07/2018, ETA: THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN.

This website is a fantastic in that it has allowed me to go from reading transcripts on wiewaswie to actually being able to view and download the original documents.  This website interfaces with the Family Search database and provides links to the exact document you're looking for - often with an index for easier searching.

While the website is only in Dutch, copying words into Google Translate provides translations that will help you select the right type of document for the information you are seeking. I'll take you through a simple search by way of introducing you to this amazing resource.

Web Resources: WieWasWie

The English WieWasWie logo

WieWasWie is the premier site for finding the records of your ancestors in the Netherlands. This site
is exactly what a records search site should be. It's very easy to use, provides relevant search options and allows you to download scans of the records it has available.

Created as the successor to Genlias by STAP with ownership transferring to Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie during November 2014, Wiewaswie has around 10,000 visitors per day and looks to be expanding on a monthly basis.