One of the obstacles to researching records of a foreign country can be the language differences. Once I was ready to research with Netherlands records, I knew I was going to need a little help in this area. So, I turned to Family Search for help. It was there that I found dutch genealogy words.
To find these words one needs to go to the Family Search wiki for "Netherlands Language and Languages". Here you will find Dutch language help for key words, dates, times, and other words.
Here are a few words that will help you get started:
baptism dopen, doop, gedoopt
birth geboren, geboorte
burial begraven, begraaf
child kind
death overleden, overlijden, gestorven
father vader
husband echtgenoot
marriage huwelijk(en), trouwen, gehuwden, getrouwd
month maand
mother moeder
town stad, gemeente, dorp
wife huisvrouw, vrouw, echtgenote
year jaar
The Family Search wiki for dutch words has helped me when translating records from Dutch to English. Eventually, I decided to purchase an English/Dutch Dictionary, which is helpful too.
If you are doing any Netherlands research be sure to check out the Family Search "Netherlands Language and Languages" wiki.
Key Words for Dutch Genealogy: Tuesday's Tip
Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: Netherlands, Tuesday's Tip
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2 comments:
Being Dutch, please allow me a few remarks.
All English words in this list are nouns, some of the translations show both nouns and verbs.
baptism = doop
to baptize = dopen
baptized = gedoopt
birth = geboorte
born = geboren
burial = begrafenis
to bury = begraven
death = overlijden
deceased or died = overleden or gestorven
to mary = trouwen
maried = getrouwd
Also
town = stad
municipality = gemeente
village = dorp
It is not all that important but it may add to a proper understanding of what is being read.
If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.
Kind regards
Peter, Thank you so much for clarifying this. I am sure it will help Dutch researchers.
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