Progress Log

20/9/2008

It's that update time again. Computer problems in last weeks meant that I could not make good on my promises - sorry!
When asking contributors for last additions (I often do this just before an update) I got such a flood of information, I have been unable to add it all. This means another update due in a few weeks. Those of you responsible for all this hard work - Thanks☺
6188 Individuals - 1569 Ferdinandus, 321 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse, 2310 Marriages and 318 Images

5/5/2008

Full update of the website in progress - content that is not looks. I have entered all information I have received to date, just some odds and ends to puzzle over left. Lots of material from usual contributors, but special thanks to Pietje Ferdinandus who has again contributed a large amount of data.
Several new contacts from family members who have stumbled onto these pages and were able to clarify some matters.
The forest of trees that was the Ceylon branch now make 1 large tree (over 800 people) 1 medium tree and 6 small ones.
I have good hope of combining them all in the next year.
P&P completion has been delayed as it takes masses of time, which I simply do not have at the moment.
6066 Individuals - 1563 Ferdinandus, 289 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse, 2269 Marriages and 308 Images
(some double-counting used to go on for the Ferdinandus family as all aliases were counted as individuals, corrected retrospectively)

1/1/2008

I had to pull the last version before this update as it contained restricted data.
To all of you who asked about this : this website is staying where it is and will always be updated as and when I have both time and inclination.
Although I have plenty of the latter, I do have less and less of the former.
5943 Individuals (1531 Ferdinandus, 273 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse), 2229 Marriages and 296 Images

30/9/2007

Long time no hear. Apologies to all contributors, been too busy with other things.
P&P now mostly available. Lots of additions on the Moluccan/Indonesian branches.
5920 Individuals (1530 Ferdinandus, 267 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse), 2220 Marriages and 294 Images

4/2/2007

P&P in final proofing stages, very tiresome. All PDF's updated.
5750 Individuals (1505 Ferdinandus, 266 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse), 2158 Marriages and 293 Images

8/1/2007

Finally got round to another update. Lots unfinished, but I could not wait any longer. There are still data I have not dealt with, and there is also the P&P project to be finalised. All of that to be completed in the next week or so I hope. Much progress on the main Moluccan tree.
PDF files not yet updated but please give me a another week..
5626 Individuals (1464 Ferdinandus, 263 Ferdinand(s), 72 Ferdinandusse), 2121 Marriages and 280 Images

18/10/2006

Well, another update. Lots of data received, again my thanks to all contributors. The Moluccan / Indonesian tree has started to solidify and the new tree starting with Christiaan Ferdinandus is now as large as the two Dutch trees, possibly even the largest one. Download from the download page. Progress Chart updated as well, just for the fun of it, and talking about fun, have you had a look at the Heraldry Page?
5356 Individuals (1422 Ferdinandus, 261 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 2041 Marriages and 252 Images

30/9/2006

Again update long overdue. Not so many new individuals but database getting better and more info on individuals all the time. I have also been able to knit several loose branches into larger trees. Great news for Burgher descendants, all the burgher genealogies are going to be available in digital form on the web. A group of genealogy enthusiasts has secured the blessing and cooperation of the DBU. This project will take some time in setting up and realisation though. In the end we will be able to have meaningful discussions on data and some oft-repeated myths will be able to be laid to rest.
5066 Individuals (1314 Ferdinandus, 261 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1953 Marriages and 236 Images

25/5/2006

5000 individuals passed! No time really but update long overdue. Please keep all the information coming, even if it takes a while sometimes, I will get back to you. More baptismal records from 17th century Amsterdam are now online and I will enter these in the database. I have dropped some download options from the download page, you can still get them but you will have to e-mail me with your request. I kept making mistakes when doing so many in a row, and it stopped being fun. AA downloads are proving popular though, so they have been updated.
5005 Individuals (1307 Ferdinandus, 239 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1939 Marriages and 235 Images

22/3/6

Few days off, time to clear up all the info that has been coming in. Lots more pictures added as well.
4869 Individuals (1266 Ferdinandus, 231 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1897 Marriages and 233 Images

1/3/2006

Problems with Ancestral Author solved thanks to incredible service from Ancestral Softworks.
All AA files now downloadable on the Download page

26/2/2006

Lots of additions, some corrections. Trial of Ancestral Author for PDF text files for the Download page,
but I have not quite got the hang of it yet, so some trees are not available in that format.
4717 Individuals (1207 Ferdinandus, 212 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1844 Marriages and 214 Images

17/12/05

Lots of minor corrections / additions. A few new correspondents. Thanks for all your information.
4521 Individuals (1188 Ferdinandus, 177 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1786 Marriages and 214 Images

28/10/5

Lots of minor and major corrections. 10 questions on the Help Me page answered by contributors. Thanks. (There are another 15 to answer!)
Quite a few pictures added, even to the family pages. Sri Lanka tree now swallowing up lots of small Ceylon branches.
4492 Individuals (1187 Ferdinandus, 179 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1777 Marriages and 213 Images

2/10/5

More minor corrections and additions no new Ferdinand(s) or Ferdinandus(se) added. 2 more images though.
4444 Individuals (1172 Ferdinandus, 174 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1762 Marriages and 199 Images

27/8/5

Lots of minor corrections to all the stuff recently added. Thanks for al your checking! Few people added. Almanak page completed. Thanks you-know-who-you-are. Got in touch with a branch of the Ferdinandus NOT Ferdinands family in Sri Lanka. Intrigued where that is going to lead us.
4431 Individuals (1172 Ferdinandus, 174 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1758 Marriages and 197 Images

16/8/5

Lots of information coming in again. Too much to add all in one go. Lots of progress on the Moluccan tree though, thanks! Also quite a few images added, that always makes me happy. Gravestones slowly being expanded, well see for yourselves.
4419 Individuals (1165 Ferdinandus, 174 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1755 Marriages and 197 Images

16/6/5

Been away for a few weeks. Just added all the data sent to me in the mean time. Thanks for all the contributions again! Please have a look at the extended Gravestones page. Quite a few peolpe added, but only a few Ferdinand(u)s(se).
4128 Individuals (1130 Ferdinandus, 172 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1667 Marriages and 171 Images

21/5/5

You may not want to be the centre of attention, but thanks for all the information this week! Census, Ferdinandus in print and Graves sections all expanded. Ferdinandus family in the USA getting much clearer now. Now in need of data from Antwerp, Belgium. Any Ferdinandus family members there?
I will have to split the Ferdinandus-in-print section soon as now 142 images on index page. Not now, too busy.
4076 Individuals (1127 Ferdinandus, 172 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1645 Marriages and 171 Images

14/5/5

Well, we passed the 4000 mark. Not bad going for a project started in July 2002 I think. No replies or progress on the Frank and Isabella front unfortunately. Some more contacts laid though, and some Dutch resources coming on line now, many of them before 1811. (This is when the DTB books started) Also started an "in limbo" page. I had not realised before these people were not counted by the webexport function, so there is an extra 28 Ferdinandus members from that source. A similar thing has happened with the images. Some people have sent me their photo's, but not to be published on the web. These images are still in the database, but are not counted by the export function. Now corrected. BRP 17 added to IGV list. All downloads updated.
4020 Individuals (1115 Ferdinandus, 172 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1624 Marriages and 168 Images

16/4/2005

Radja's of Haruku extended, new page  VOC archief, thanks to  webteam Kamarian. Increasing amount of contributions from people who have done their research with the help of these pages and then later when they have new data of relevance to me, let me know about it. Thank you very much! Currently trying to find out about Frank en Isabella Ferdinandus who were born in Flanders about 1845, any suggestions?
3926 Individuals (1053 Ferdinandus, 168 Ferdinand(s), 71 Ferdinandusse), 1583 Marriages and 157 Images

11/3/5

Bought the Ferdinandusse.com website as well. Both sites now refer to the Ferdinandus(se) site. Some further progress on the Ceylon tree. Now also making some headway with the USA tree. There are quite a few different immigrants into the USA called Ferdinandus, and it will lead to several trees, but it looks likely they will all link in some way to the Dutch trees. Some problems in the Connecticut tree solved with help from descendants and Dwight Finger who runs the Finger Family site. Also some success after contacting 10 Dutch Genealogy researchers via the Contact service of the NGV. (thanks for that suggestion) Finally been able to prove some doubles, so that reduces the database in number but improves in quality.
3892 Individuals (1051 Ferdinandus, 167 Ferdinand(s), 59 Ferdinandusse), 1570 Marriages and 163 Images

3/3/5

The Ceylon tree is rapidly growing into a quite large tree. About 400 people in there for now. I added some pages to the Sources page so you can see some of the original data. Still a lot there to be gained but currently only 16 loose ends. (a doddle compared to the 400 or so loose ends in the Moluccas / Indonesia section) Also been in touch with an American relative who is planning to photograph all Ferdinandus gravestones in New Haven Connecticut. So far only been in touch with 2 people from the Ceylon branch, both of them asking for information, but they may have things to contribute later.
Still, a steady stream of contributions from all over, I am very grateful, please keep it coming. Help-me page reinstated.
3851 Individuals (1050 Ferdinandus, 164 Ferdinand(s), 59 Ferdinandusse), 1549 Marriages and 163 Images

12/2/2005

The good thing about coming back to a project you have ignored for a while is the seemingly rapid progress you are making initially. Simply culling GenLias again, brought more than a hundred new references, and checking all the old references showed I had not entered data as completely and with references as I now strive to. So, lots of professions entered and almost 100 new names added. Genlias page updated (Sources page).
Also found several parts of a Ceylon Tree, that combined into a larger one, starting with Johannes Ferdinandus (P3396) who was a VOC soldier. Many of his descendents have changed their name to Ferdinand or Ferdinands. Added to the database, also added to the download page in PDF and in Treedraw format. (all missing links on download page now restored)
3494 Individuals (1044 Ferdinandus, 41 Ferdinand, 59 Ferdinandusse), 1400 Marriages and 163 Images
 

26/1/2005

I guess it's time for a new start. I moved house on 7/4/4 to a large, but unfortunately not quite inhabitable house. In the last 8 months we have removed walls (6) a staircase, a chimney and several chimneybreasts. We have replaced floors, part of the roof, installed floor heating and new radiators in parts and generally worked hard to make all the rooms warm and shielded from the outside. Apart from the main bedroom and en-suite the house is now fine, though the decor will need some serious attention. Anyway, that's my excuse. Time to pick up the Ferdinandus saga again. Apologies to all of you who have almost (I hope not quite) given up on me. Update today has not quite all the changes rung through by everybody but most. New update in a few weeks I hope.
3307 Individuals (1013 Ferdinandus, 57 Ferdinandusse), 1329 Marriages and 164 Images

7/2/2004

Ferdinandusse tree finally completed, well, all my data added that is. There are only a few questions about this family. Mostly it just build one nice tree. See it on the web or download the descendants file from the download page. Not much Ferdinandus activity, but some interesting responses that might show up some information later.
3273 Individuals (1006 Ferdinandus, 55 Ferdinandusse), 1323 Marriages and 163 Images

24/1/2004

Quick update as new branch added. This is the Ferdinandusse branch from Zeeland. Not strictly anything to do with us, but I (and others) regularly encounter people listed as Ferdinandus who end up being from the Ferdinandusse branch (is there just the one ?) As the solution to Problem 5 and 6 ("Help me" page) delivered quite a large chunk of the Ferdinandusse tree I have added it to the database. Solution to problems 8 and 9 may also be rooted in the Ferdinandusse tree.
2852 Individuals (1006 Ferdinandus, 14 Ferdinandusse), 1107 Marriages and 163 Images

17/1/2004

Slow progress over the last few weeks. I am having a bit of a slow period myself as I am trying to make all the arrangements that come with buying a new house. As it is a property with some of its origins in the 17thcentury it does need quite a lot of checking. Fortunately trusted contributors are having no slow down at all and all progress is due to them. The Dutch loose ends after 1811 are being tied up rapidly, mainly thanks to the Help page questions being answered by you. Some other people have got into touch with me but even more people keep promising me data that never seems to appear.
2805 Individuals (1007 Ferdinandus), 1084 Marriages and 163 Images.

21/12/2003

Time for consolidation again. Thank you for al your corrections. Several doubles removed. Problem 3 solved and thus moved another "loose" branch into the Zaandam tree. Now only 4 remaining "loose" branches to the Dutch Ferdinandus family after 1811. ( I do still have about 40 "lost families" in this section ) Indonesian section is starting to show more signs of aggregation, but I still have 1 large 26 medium-sized and 52 small branches. There are also about 100 loose families. That may well take a few years to sort out. New sections added on the Sources page for several types of announcement cards, Ellis Island Records and the first 50 years of almanacs for the Dutch East-Indies.
2775 Individuals (1005 Ferdinandus), 1069 Marriages and 163 Images.

10/12/2003

Finished Bloys van Treslong Prins. Almanak data received (Thanks!) and published on the sources page. It is clear these new data contain lots of confirmation of previous data, which is quite necessary. Also it appears already to give some connections between people at the time. Hundreds of pages though. That'll keep me busy ! All downloads updated.
2771 Individuals (1005 Ferdinandus), 1069 Marriages and 163 Images.
 

4/12/2003

Slowly working through the Bloys van Treslong Prins collection. I have been promised more data from Almanak searches. The 1st problem on the Help me page has also been solved. I have added some new ones.
2631 Individuals (934 Ferdinandus), 998 Marriages and 163 Images.
Some people have told me the numbers are incorrect as there are a few less marriages and individuals on the website then I lay claim to. This is because although these people are in the database, they have requested not to be published and are therefore not on the web.

27/11/2003

Stopped with the Adobe gallery function as someone noticed some of the pictures were being left out. This is true as it does not seem to recognise some perfectly good JPEG files. Back to FrontPage then. More images added.
The web counter has now passed 25.000 visits!
2582 Individuals (903 Ferdinandus), 978 Marriages and 163 Images

20/11/2003

Consolidation going on the site. I have been busy trying to identify by P-number all the people in the IGV and BvTP collections. This has made clearer the task still ahead. It also opens up the way for you all out there to identify which references I have not married up with P-numbers yet and so help me out. Busy trying to identify people on all the photo's I have received, so I have some work to do in adding images now.
2578 Individuals (903 Ferdinandus), 975 Marriages and 133 Images

23/9/2003

About 15 doubles removed on searching the database. More yet entered. More pictures entered in the newspaper section. Got fed up with FrontPage's gallery function. Now using Adobe's, and though I do not have the hang of it yet, it already saves me time. This section is now called "Ferdinandus In Print" 758 images scanned and some added. More later once identified. 
2568 Individuals (906 Ferdinandus), 974 Marriages and 127 Images

18/9/2003

Lots of data entered. Pile now reduced to 20 sheets or so. Please keep sending all the information. Started with the Bloys van Treslong Prins collection, and have entered a page on this in the sources section. Also updated the GenLias page, which brought 16 more references and some interesting connections. Finally connections have started to appear between some Indonesian bits of the family tree. I am hopeful a real tree will finally emerge. The data I have not entered yet is all very fragmented, and I may not enter this for some time. I am planning to start scanning pictures soon.
2543 Individuals (883 Ferdinandus), 970 Marriages and 112 Images

15/8/2003

Steady progress on entering data. Pile of data still to be entered now no more than about 100 sheets.
New section in Sources on the Radja's of Haruku (just a list) After entering my data I plan to start on scanning a large amount of pictures , mainly to do with the family. (there must be at least 800)   Added 8 clippings to the Newspaper section.
2183 Individuals (722 Ferdinandus),  822 Marriages and 112 Images

6/8/2003

Well, that was a hard slog of clearing up nearly 3000 records for the data protection act. Hopefully with this and new procedures for web publishing in place, there will be no further problems. Not done very much data entering as such, but more is to come shortly.
2115 Individuals (692 Ferdinandus) 797 Marriages and 112 Images

13/7/2003

Hi. Slowly getting the hang of things again. Cleaned up my piles of data to be added to the files. Much of it quite boring stuff, adding sources to data and setting privacy levels. Not stuff that will show on the website, but still essential. I also still have lots of people to be entered, but these are mainly individuals whom I cannot connect to anyone else in the database. Thanks everyone for continuing to send me information. Sources page extended. Is there anyone out there who has some way of accessing the Arsip Nasional In Jakarta ? There is undoubtedly a lot of data at the A.N., but so far I have not been able to get permission to go into this archive. Anyone ideas?
2058 Individuals (681 Ferdinandus) 773 Marriages and 108 Images

11/6/2003

My son Lucas was born 13/3/2003. Rather a busy time for our family. I have not had a lot of time to do much else. People have fortunately been very patient, and are still sending me data. Unfortunately I lost some of my outlook database due to plain forgetfulness when re-installing windows. Genealogy database is of course intact. I hope to start entering more data soon. 
2045 Individuals (675 Ferdinandus) 768 Marriages and 107 Images

8/3/2003

Tidying up time for the database. Lots of loose bits of information added. More contacts acquired, thank you for the information.
Still lots of data lying around to be added to the database, but now slowly working my way down the pile.
2034 Individuals  (675 Ferdinandus) 765 Marriages and 107 Images in the GEDCOM Database

25/2/2003

Saparoea books done. Thanks to everybody for corrections and additions. I am eagerly awaiting your further researches.
2018 Individuals (661 Ferdinandus) 726 Marriages and 107 Images in the GEDCOM Database

29/1/2003

Getting on with the Saparoea books, but very slow. Pictures and corrections still coming in nicely. Got my new job now though, and have been a very busy bee on several other fronts. Guestimating another 2-3 weeks for the Saparoea books.
1857 Individuals (632 Ferdinandus)  703 Marriages and 105 images in the GEDCOM Database.

11/1/2003

Busy with the Saparoea books. Lots of corrections from several sources entered. Slowly getting a bit on top of the backlog. Please keep sending those pictures.
1799 Individuals (628 Ferdinandus) 683 Marriages and 92 images in the GEDCOM Database.

29/12/2002

Finished entering the data from the Banda books,  now I've got the Saparoea books to do and that will bring me a bit more up to data than I've been for a while. Because my backlog of data to be entered was so large I have not been very active in contacting Ferdinandus members. This will hopefully change in the new year. Still not done much about the Delft cards. New entries on the sources page for the list of Ferdinandus war graves, from the Stichting Oorlogsgraven, and for "De huisvrouw en de Kapitein" ,another article on the resistance in then Nederlandsch-Indië during WW2 against the Japanese.  IGV page extended. Still pictures coming in to be placed on the web, but please could you send high quality pictures (at least 100kb compressed and preferably a LOT bigger. Remember, I do not mind large e-mails.
 1702 individuals (605 Ferdinandus) 639 Marriages and 93 images in the GEDCOM Database.

17/11/2002

It's been a busy 2 weeks. Finally entered all the Ambon Reformed church baptise data. These data are not very complete, and contain only 2 generations per dataset. This means they are not easy to interlink, and there will therefore be a number of people in the database with identical names, who are almost certainly the same person, but for which I have (as yet) no proof. I have been contacted by family members from Germany, Indonesia, and South Africa, all in the last few days. That Google number 1 spot must have something to do with it. Have scanned 125 cards on B, D & M from the Delft branch. They need indexing and compressing ... give me a week or so. Had some responses to the picture request now, keep it coming please.
1600 individuals (586 Ferdinandus) 600 Marriages and 81 images on the web.

2/11/2002

Been on holiday for 2 weeks, so no updates for a while. All updated today. 1243 individuals in database. Visited Tiel archive with my father. We found 2 further generations back. Also lots more Ferdinandus-family members found from the 17th century. It looks like we will be able to extend the tree back to 1615 in the not too distant future. Also received pack of about 100 birth, marriage and death announcement cards from the Delft branch, accompanied by about 1000 pictures. Looks like I'll be scanning for a while. Early indications there may be a connection between the Delft and the Zaandam branch. This would be around 1645. Found an early Dutch Ferdinandus in the Dutch East-Indies. This is Jan Ferdinandus a translator in Macassar (now Ujung Pandjang in Sulawesi) in 1701. Not much response to my request for images of Ferdinandus family members.

6/10/2002

Zaandam branch expanded thanks to information from Karel (P1080) . Lots of information received on M. Ferdinandus ( see Indonesia page) who was in the resistance in then Nederlandsch-Indië during WW2 against the Japanese. Most of this from Warry Ferdinandus (P835). The stories about the resistance in Nederlandsch-Indië during WW2, are going to turn into a new section. Many thanks to Carry for all his cooperation and contributions, and again Lucille, who is not only sending me a lot of information, but is also very helpful in making suggestions, sending corrections and translating into Bahasa.
All downloads updated. 1141 individuals on file.

21/9/2002

IGV sheet completed with AMBA reference , contents of Ferdinandus family print-work from CBG received (Thanks Lucille) I plan to put this on the web in the next week. (84 items)  Ferdinandus family members with an Indonesian background keep are suddenly appearing from everywhere. Many with great stories and all with data to add. Thank you all for the information received so far, I'm looking forward to our further cooperation. Planning to start parallel pages in Bahasa / Dutch / English. "Familie Kaarten" from the Amsterdam Registry office added , "Cards" page added, "Family Printwork" added. (all on "Sources" page)  1109 individuals in database.
 Download page added with descendants file downloads.

14/9/2002

Bahasa Indonesia and Dutch added as category headings on index page. Plans to translate all text pages in genealogy section in 3 languages, Dutch, English and Bahasa Indonesia. More contacts now coming in from Moluccan Ferdinandus community. Hopefully they will all send data on their direct ancestors. The Moluccan branch will soon be the largest in the database. It appears some Moluccan Ferdinandus-members did not realise there was at least one Dutch branch.
EJF text updated. Data on IGV sheet now complete, apart from the AMBA[264] reference.
Now 959 individuals in database. Kith & Kin pro 2 just released. Nice new features, you should soon see the result.

3/9/2002

Permission received from Lucille, 100 odd people added from the Moluccan branch. Far too much work to do.
Will take me a few weeks to get organised again.
 Piles of data to add besides this new project. People in database now 900. Letters have been dropping into Ferdinandus mail boxes this morning. Reactions already coming in. Thanks again to Carry. Is this project getting out of hand already?
Data is now coming in faster than I can verify / edit / enter data. What have I started ?
(Keep it coming though!)

31/8/2002

Got in touch with Lucille Ferdinandus, who has researched her (Indonesian) branch of the Ferdinandus name.
She has as yet no evidence the families are linked. It also appears likely there are more than one family Ferdinandus in Indonesia.
She has already sent me a file on one of her ancestors. I may publish this if she agrees.
It will also reduce Marcel's work at the CBG library, as Lucille has already accounted for half
of the Nederlandsch-Indië references he was going to examine.
Lucille also speaks and writes Bahasa, but with all this new information I suddenly do not quite know where to go next.

29/8/2002

Further data added, now 765 Individuals in the database. Plans for writing to all Dutch Ferdinandus family members suddenly at acute stage as Carry has basically done all the work. Letters to go out soon. Marcel involved in checking on 26 references to Ferdinandus in
Nederlands-Indie Genealogy magazines.  Lots of Images received so far, too many to add to these pages. Please keep sending them, I still do not have mug shots of 95% of people in the database.

23/8/2002

Thanks to Carry Ferdinandus, I have added a large branch of the Ferdinandus family with its roots in Zaandam.
I am still adding  data to that branch, as much of my information at home can now be connected to firm parts of the tree.
There are also lots of data from GenLias to be added, and I am planning to start adding pictures to the site.
 I am not yet sure whether to add them as a separate picture section or to include them in the Genealogy pages.

I am also trying to clean up the database. There were a few doubles and there are still nearly 200 unused P/F codes. As I am adding new names all the time these 'gaps' should slowly disappear over the next 2-3 months.

I am much in need of someone who can read and write Bahasa Indonesia. I have no way of getting in touch with Bahasa speaking members of our Family.

18/8/2002

There are many branches of the Ferdinandus family. There is for instance a very large (quite possibly the largest) branch of the family in Indonesia. They live all over, but there seems to be an especially large group in the Moluccas. I have next to no knowledge of this branch of the family and would love to get more information on them.

Please contact me for all contributions, comments, requests. I appreciate all the help I am getting, and can always do with lots more. Have you got time to dive into the archives ? Can you do a web trawl and speak Bahasa ? Contact me for all these and more on Genealogy@Ferdinandus.com

28/7/2002

Ferdinand (m)

from . fardi = travel

and .  nand = dare

"The Intrepid Traveller"

(also . Fride-nand =  He who dares to be peaceful ?)

Groot Alfabetisch register van namen en blazoenen added (Carry Ferdinandus)

14/7/2002

Website started. I've owned the URL for several years, hoping to start a site with Ferdinandus Genealogy information.
Well, here goes.

The origin of the Ferdinandus name is not known to me. That does not stop me from speculating though. The name seems to crop up initially in the later part of the 16th century in the central Netherlands, in Zoelmond en Culemborg. At the time surnames were generally the Father's first name with an ending indicating "son of". The surname Ferdinandus would then be "son of Ferdinand". At the time the first name Ferdinand was not very common locally. It may have been that of a Spanish soldier or citizen, as the 80 year war between Holland and Spain "raged" from 1568 to 1648.

Ferdinandus is of course also the Latin version of the name Ferdinand. As royalty often use the Latin version of their names for official purposes (Coins etc) there are a lot of references to Ferdinandus from this corner. However, these are all people called Ferdinand by their FIRST name. Interesting, but nothing to do with the Ferdinandus family.

On trawling the web blindly, the same thing happens. Lots and lots of references to Ferdinandus, but nearly always as a FIRST name. As most of these names belong to Dutch and Belgian individuals and are consequently found on sites in Dutch/Flemish, it may not necessarily be obvious whether a first or last name is intended unless you speak the language.