Drenthe

Drenthe is also spelled Drente.

Genealogy in Drenthe

Main archives

Drents Archief (Drenthe's Archive) is the provincial archive of Drenthe and also maintains the municipal archive of Assen. Address: Brink 4, 9401 HS Assen, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 592 313 523. E-mail: info@drentsarchief.nl.

Historical societies

Drentse Historische Vereniging (Drenthe's historical society) is the historical society for the province Drenthe.

Many cities, regions, towns and villages have their own historical society.

Online resources

• Wie Was Wie, the national database of genealogy records maintained by the Dutch archives and the Central Bureau for Genealogy.
• Drenlias, the provincial database of genealogy records maintained by the Drents Archief, contains many records not available in Genlias.
• Internet resources Drenthe, an index to the many available online resources for Drenthe.
• Genealogie Drenthe, a Drenthe genealogy portal site (in Dutch).
• FamilySearch, the website of the LDS (Mormons) has many Drenthe records and scans.

Images of the past

• Drents fotoarchief (Drenthe's photo archive), in Dutch.

Cemeteries

Please note that Dutch graves are usually rented, and reused after the rental period. Headstones and other monuments are destroyed, and human remains removed and often reburied in an anonymous mass grave.

• Graftombe has indexes of most cemeteries in Drenthe. Register to order photos of tombs.
• Online Begraafplaatsen (Online Cemeteries) has images of tombstones of several cemeteries in Drenthe.

Message boards and mailing lists

• Ancestry message board: Drenthe (most messages are in English)
• Yahoo mailing list: Stamboom Drenthe (most messages are in Dutch, membership is required for posting and reading)

Places in Drenthe

Map of Drenthe

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