This group of pictures are from a town called Zuidland which is located in South Holland. This is where many of my father's ancestors came from. My ancestors owned a bakery there in the early 1800's. I am holding a cookie mold that was once used in the bakery. The cookie mold is now owned by a descendant, Dick Overgaauw.
The bakery building is still standing as seen here. The buildings in Holland are very old. Some of them were built in the 1600-1700's and oft times the house will have the year it was built incorporated in the masonry work on the face of the house. Today when someone buys a house, they are not permitted to make structural changes to the exterior though most people gut the interior to bring it up to date. The interior of the bakery is being worked on at this time. The house to the right is where the Luijmes family once lived.
This mill was once owned by one of my Luijmes ancestors. Across the street is a dijke. If one was to stand on the deck of this mill, you could see the ocean only a few hundred feet away!
This is Dick and Agaath Overgaauw. He researched and published a book on the Overgaauw family. I got so much genealogical information from him and believe it or not, I first met him over the internet. It was fun to meet them. They were very kind and gracious hosts and best of all, they gave us the grand tour and historical background of our family in Zuidland.
This bike shop used to be a store owned by our family. It was strange as we walked around Zuidland to see family names on store front businesses. There are still a number of descendants living in that area.
The bakery building is still standing as seen here. The buildings in Holland are very old. Some of them were built in the 1600-1700's and oft times the house will have the year it was built incorporated in the masonry work on the face of the house. Today when someone buys a house, they are not permitted to make structural changes to the exterior though most people gut the interior to bring it up to date. The interior of the bakery is being worked on at this time. The house to the right is where the Luijmes family once lived.
This mill was once owned by one of my Luijmes ancestors. Across the street is a dijke. If one was to stand on the deck of this mill, you could see the ocean only a few hundred feet away!
This is Dick and Agaath Overgaauw. He researched and published a book on the Overgaauw family. I got so much genealogical information from him and believe it or not, I first met him over the internet. It was fun to meet them. They were very kind and gracious hosts and best of all, they gave us the grand tour and historical background of our family in Zuidland.
This bike shop used to be a store owned by our family. It was strange as we walked around Zuidland to see family names on store front businesses. There are still a number of descendants living in that area.
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Wow- that blue sky is amazing!
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