In this sixth session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), focuses on finding Indonesian foremothers in the family tree. Maarten walks participants through six key approaches: civil registry records (where Indonesian women often appear as mothers, brides, or the deceased), church books and baptism documents (including…
In this fifth session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), walks participants through the seven waves of repatriation from the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia to the Netherlands, from the 1945 Bersiap-era evacuees through the 1962 New Guinea wave and the post-1965 departure of Peranakan Chinese…
In this fourth session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), introduces the history and navigation of the East Indies and Indonesian Civil Records. Maarten walks participants through the complex history of civil registration in the Dutch East Indies, which was adopted for various population groups from…
In this third session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), guides participants through the military records available for researching ancestors who served in the KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army). Maarten explains the different types of stamboeken (military registers) — from officer records to those for…
In this second session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), explores how to find Dutch civil records created after World War II that contain East Indies information. Maarten walks participants through the Persoonskaart (PK) system — personal record cards that capture names, birth dates, birthplaces, spouses,…
In this first session of the IGV–TIP Genealogy Webinar Series, Maarten Fornerod, secretary of the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (igv.nl), introduces the tools and resources available to English-speaking Indos who want to start researching their roots in the Dutch East Indies. Maarten walks participants through key online archives and databases, including Delpher (historical Dutch newspapers), Roosjeroos.nl…