Reconstructed pedigrees, nine families, 1644–present — two independent genealogies

Origin: Parish, civil and probate registers, four countries
Dated: Compiled 2025–26 from records 1644–1974
Extent: 212 pages
Status: accepted
Redactions: All living individuals removed at the families' request, before deposit.

Chain of custody

Built twice, from scratch, by two genealogists who did not see each other's work and were paid the same fee. Every underlying record is a public register. Living individuals are excluded from the published version at the families' written request, and the version held in our document room is the same as the published one — we did not keep a fuller copy.

Held by: They Buried, document room; underlying registers public

Excerpt

1644 · ZEELAND · MARRIAGE REGISTER, ENTRY 211

  genealogist A reads the surname as: BOOMGAERT
  genealogist B reads the surname as: BOOMGAERDT

  [both readings printed; the hand is 17th-c. secretary and the
   penultimate letter is over a fold]

Transcribed by the data desk. Line breaks follow the original. Bracketed matter is ours.

Editor's note

Where the two genealogists disagree, both readings are printed rather than reconciled. They disagree in four places out of 212 pages and all four are marked.

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