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Russell Lynn Drysdale's Blog – May 2024 Archive (1)

Gold diverted from Batavia to New York

This is not my work- credit goes to author Mr.Henk Schouten 

In a local Dutch newspaper Mr. Henk Schouten published an article with the title:

Gold bars from the Dutch-Indies diverted to New York.”

According to the Dutch authorities during the Second World War all Dutch gold, silver and money in the Dutch-Indies were confiscated by the Japanese occupiers. This is also the reason that most…

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Added by Russell Lynn Drysdale on May 24, 2024 at 20:28 — No Comments

Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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