DoddemaGen

I’m ecstatic.  Another family member has contacted me with information regarding our shared ancestry.  Haijo Dodde emailed me a little while back with some information and images.  As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t speak Dutch so I wrote Haijo back asking for a translation.

He responded back today with loads of information for our enjoyment.  A big thanks goes to Haijo and his family.  That’s right, Haijo is the proud father of three; the youngest just being born in Nov 2007.

Following is an excerpt from what he wrote to me.  I hope he doesn’t mind.

Through Google I noticed your website and I think it’s very interesting to look at the family tree of the Doddema’s/Dodde’s. My name is Haijo Dodde (1964). In the family tree my granddad is mentioned (also Haijo Dodde, born 1894 in Meeden, son of Hiltjo Dodde, born 1863 in Veendam). Maybe in the future I can send you more information for the family tree. By the way, I’m father of three kids. The last one is called Sam Dodde, he was born on November 18 2007, so maybe he’s the youngest member at this moment of our big family.

The documents I send you last time are pictures of the book of marriage from my grandparents (Haijo Dodde-Gerhardina Prins), child nr. 6 (Hiltjo Kasper) was my dad.

Greetings from Holland,

Haijo Dodde

Lately I’ve been receiving lots of request to update information regarding family history. I’m trying to catch up on my backlog. (I’ll make a post explaining my absence in a couple days.) The two that I focused on today are the revisions provided by Aaldrik Doddema and Emmett Kadwell. The changes have been made and I’d like to thank them for their contribution.

Any information that people have will be greatly appreciated. Emmett went the extra mile today and provided both birth and death certificate. That’s simply awesome. Kudos to you both.

Statistics on family file:

• Individuals: 3522
• Families: 1515
• Additions since last revision:
  • 36 individuals
  • 19 families

I’ve always been impressed with the Dutch and the importance they place on records.  As far as I know, they have one of the most comprehensive record database.  One such site, Genlias has to date almost 10.5 million records that contain information from over 43 million individuals.  This has been done by almost all volunteers (if any Dutch are reading this and can reveal more information, I’d appreciate it!).

December 20, 2007 marks another landmark event for genealogists interested in Dutch records and such.    Allegroningers will share information from the 17th century to the 1950’s, supposedly carrying all records such as birth, death and marriage.  What’s amazing about it is not only does it give the information but shows the backup documentation.  That’s awesome especially for those that for one reason or another cannot travel.

Another interesting tidbit about this database.  Individuals can contribute their own sources such as photos, stories, etc.  It looks like for these type of “personal databases”, members will have to pay a fee, which at this time sounds only fair.

Kudos to all those that have made this possible.  I’ll make sure to be online in a few days to check this out and see what it has to offer.

Many thanks to Eltje and Geesjen Doddema for sharing this information.

Another item I found on Ancestry.com was a reference to a worker named Kirsten Doddema. It appears in the late 1950’s she worked on a few boats going to Venezuela and Aruba. Anybody have any idea whom she is and who she’s related to?

Send me whatever you got! I’d be interested to learn more about her.

Here are some document images that I was able to obtain with the help of Mr Papa and Ancestry.com: