"DE MORTIBUS NIHIL NISI BENE"
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Welcome to the
website of the churchyard of the Dutch Reformed Church in
Veendam (province of Groningen), The Netherlands. Please
scroll down this page and you will be guided through the
"search" procedure, so that you may find the location where
the person that you wish to trace is buried in this
churchyard. A large number of graves still have monuments or
gravestones, even though some have become practically
illegible over the decades.
There are photographs of those monuments and gravestones
whose inscriptions can still be read.
Introduction
For the purpose of this project, the burial registers (1850 -
1950) of the churchyard of the above-mentioned church were
digitalised by Henk Boon (Zuidhorn), Koos Gräper
(Borgercompagnie) and Geert W. Spelde (Groningen). Joop
Leffers, in his capacity of warden of the churchyard,
provided the neceassary background information, and Henk de
Sain (Blaricum) supplied the indispensable computer/website
support and database expertise, as well as never-ending
enthusiastic assistance.
History
The churchyard was re-designed by F.F. van Hulten in 1845,
and in the first and oldest section over 3,000 people were
buried. Later, the churchyard was expanded by 3 more
sections, and in all over 9,000 people found their last
resting-place here.
Further
information
Among those buried in this churchyard is a large number of
sea-going "Veendammers", such as Hazewinkel, Wilkens and
others. The Veenkoloniaal Museum in Veendam has created a
special site devoted to the graves of those seafarers
(click HERE).
How
to find a name and the grave:
Please click on the picture below for further
information:
War
Graves
In the Veendam
churchyard there is an official section with Commonwealth war
graves. Here the brave and courageous crew of an RAF bomber
who in the second World War gave their lives for our freedom,
have been buried.
Please click on the sign below for further
information:
Links
For other
websites more or less related to the present one, please
click HERE
Any
questions?
In case you
should have any questions about this website, please send an
email message to:
Projectgroup Churchyard
Veendam
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