English webpage of the familyfoundation
“Het Geslacht Van Rhijn”
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Welcome on the English summarised version of the
website from the familyfoundation “Het Geslacht Van Rhijn”.
This website is to inform you about the aims and activities of the foundation,
for the family Van Rhijn. For more specific subjects this site is linked to the
Dutch version. If you want to return to the English version, please click on
the link on our homepage.
If you have suggestions to improve this website,
please contact our webmaster G.J. van Rhijn E-mail. Thanks for your reaction! If
you are a familymember and have plans to stay for a while in
The
aims and means are described in the statutes of the foundation “Het Geslacht
Van Rhijn”.
These
are to:
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collect facts and things worth knowing related to the
descendants of Arent Michielsz, born approximately
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promote the knowledge of the Van Rhijnfamilyhistory;
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undertake activities to commemorate the deceased
members of the family;
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facilitate the bonding between familymembers;
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give public and scientific research access to the
collection;
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lend under conditions parts of the collection out to
musea or other institutes.
Therefore
the foundation will:
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Try to collect books, records, and other materials (pictures,
paintings, voices, film and video) which
are important familyhistory.
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Take care of these records, restore them en do maintenance on them.
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Explore the history of the family and publish about it.
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To organise reunions and other sorts of meetings.
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Organise exhibitions, give a lecture eventually in co-operation with musea or other institutes.
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provide information to the Central Administration for Genealogy in
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Make publications about their investigations
You can ask the
register number S
At the moment the board consists of the following
seven members:
Chairman: M.A. (Sander) van Rhijn,
XII-1
Secretary: G.J. (
Treasurer: W.T.B (Wopke) van Rhijn, XIIIh
Member: J.G.E.
(Jorijn) van Rhijn, XIy.1
Member: W.H. (Willemien) van Rhijn,
XI x.2
Member: A.C.F.
(Arnold) van Rhijn, XIII i,
Note: the code behind the names refers to the codes in “
(78th volume, edition 1994), published by
“Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie” in The Hague the
Picture of the board October 2010 from left to right: Wopke, Willemien,
Arnold, Jorijn,
Familytree
The eldest known familymember is:
Arent Michielsz.,
born approximately
His first marriage was with Commertgen Cornelisdr and
his second marriage was on 27 January 1582 with Aeffgen (Aechte) Jacobsdr [de
Haes], from
Weddingdocument
from Aernt Michielsz and
Aefgen Jacobsdr in the year 1582, (in red the readable text in Dutch)
If you want to see more of the familytree click on: Familytree This is a Dutch webpage.
The complete
familytree you can find in the “
Almost all big
libraries in the
Heraldry
Van Rhijn coat of arms: In gold a red
lion.
Crest: The
lion comes out of the escutcheon
Covers: Red,
with a lining of gold
The ten meters long family-records can be found in the
municipality archives of
This catalogue is
(also in Dutch) available when you click on the button: to electronic catalogue.
A small
exhibition in
Foreign
family
Standing from left to right:
Linnis van
der Linden, Clasina Eleonora ("Nora") van der Linden-van Rhijn,
Michiel Christoffel Willem ("Willem") van Rhijn, Elisabeth Magdalena
("Betsy") van Rhijn, Frederik Adriaan ("Fred") van Rhijn,
Joannes Arthur ("Jan") van Rhijn
Sitting from left to right:
Robert
Lodewicus van Rhijn, Catherina Antoinette ("Kate") Leppan-van Rhijn,
Hilda Alida Havemann-van Rhijn, Bert Havemann, Alida Aletta ("Maria")
van Rhijn-van der Merwe, Frieda Paulina Kemp-van Rhijn, Albertus Hendrik
("Berty") van Rhijn
Sitting on the floor from left to right:
Barbara
MacDonald, Len van der Linden
The only person from the family of Joannes who is not
on the picture is Joannes himself, because he died (approximately 1925).
On this part
of the website you can‘t find actual activities. When you are a donator you ‘ll
find these activities in the familynewsletter.
Familynewsletter
“Het Geslacht van Rhijn”
In the
newsletter you can read articles about members and events of the Van
Rhijn-family. This newsletter is sent to the donators once or twice a year and
is written in Dutch.
Once every
two to three years we organise a familyreunion.
picture august 2004
familyreunion in Doesburg
Canadian Van Rhijns meet
members of the board of the familyfoundation in Ermelo July 2004
Documentation
Donators can receive the following documents in a
digital version:
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Coloured Van Rhijn coat of arms (JPEG-format)
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Letterpaper with the coloured Van Rhijn coat of arms
(Word-format)
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The complete familytree (Excel-format)
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Regulations of the familyfoundation (Word-format).
If you want
to become a donator please send the secretary an e-mail: G.J. van Rhijn E-mail. Up
6 Links
On this page you can
find several links to other related websites.
Websites for familytree-research
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Central
office for genealogy: “Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie” |
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Genealogyfoundation
Gens Nostra |
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Dutch
genealogypage |
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Archive |
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Dutch
Familynames |
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Cyndi's
List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet |
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Familysearch of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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Ancestry.com,
the No. 1 Source for Family History Online |
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Family
Finder, The Genealogy Home
Page |
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Genealogy |
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Archives in
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Websites about
windmills where ancestors have lived
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Windmillfoundation
De Roos in |
http://www.hhit.hsholland.nl/delft/delftmeta/pg207.htm http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~george/de_roos.htm
http://www.monument.delft.nl/sobowon/dmd/data/molen/toer.htm
http://www.delft.nl/archief/index/554MolenRoos.txt
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Windmillmuseum |
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Windmill
Windlust in Wateringen |
Windmill
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