Friesland
Friesland is also known as Fryslân.
| Capital |
Leeuwarden |
| Largest city |
Leeuwarden |
| Official website |
http://www.fryslan.nl/ |
| Municipalities in 2010 |
Achtkarspelen, Ameland, Boarnsterhim, Bolsward, Dantumadiel, Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel, Franekeradeel, Gaasterlan-Sleat, Harlingen, Heerenveen, Het Bildt, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarderadeel, Lemsterland, Littenseradiel, Menaldumdeel, Nijefurd, Ooststellingwerf, Opsterland, Schiermonnikoog, Skarsterlan, Smallingerland, Sneek, Terschelling, Tytsjerksteradiel, Vlieland, Weststellingwerf, Wunseradiel, Wymbritseradiel |
Genealogy in Friesland
Recommended reading
Life stories of Friesland emigrants.
Main archives
Tresoar, the Frisian Historical and Literary Centre, is also the provincial archive of Friesland. Address: Postbus 2637, 8901 AC Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 58 789 0 789. E-mail: info@tresoar.nl.
Historical societies
Koninklijk Fries Genootschap voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur (Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture) is the historical society for the province Friesland. Their aim is to enhance the interest in the history and culture of Friesland and to support research in that field.
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.
- Tresoar, the Frisian Historical and Literary Centre, participates in Wie Was Wie, but also maintains its own database of genealogy records from Friesland. Tresoar has many records that are not available in Wie Was Wie.
- AlleFriezen (All Frisians) aims to show "information from public records of the Registry Offices (since 1811) [and] to enable the viewing of the original certificates, belonging to that information". I.o.w., they will eventually have scans of all acts of the civil register.
- Internet resources Friesland, an index to the many available online resources for Friesland.
- FamilySearch, the website of the LDS (Mormons) has many Friesland records and scans.
Images of the past
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 Friesland. Register to order photos of tombs.
- Online Begraafplaatsen (Online Cemeteries) has images of tombstones of several cemeteries in Friesland.
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