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About the owners
Femke and Lars Roobol (both born in 1966) did their first genealogical research (on their own families) in 1983, after Lars had followed a course at the Central Bureau of Genealogy in the Hague. After this, genealogy has never left their minds.
After their studies at the University of Leiden (Lars majored in numerical mathematics and low-temperature physics, then did a Ph. D. in experimental physics, Femke majored in Italian language and literature, analysing a 16th century text for her M.A.), they went to live in Bayreuth (Germany), London (United Kingdom), and Groningen (the Netherlands). There, they enhanced their efforts in genealogy further, which led to the birth of Family Affairs on January 1st, 2000. After that, they lived in Alkmaar, and Stompetoren.
- Femke has been a committee member of the Dutch genealogical society (NGV), division of Groningen, responsible for press releases and the website of the division. She also has organised genealogy workshops in collaboration with the archives of Groningen.
- Lars is host of two rootsweb discussion lists: those of the provinces of Friesland and of Overijssel.
- Femke and Lars have been GenLias volunteers , typing in the marriages of the city of Haren, and the church books of Losdorp and Kleinemeer, all in Groningen.
- Together, they have held a series of lectures on Dutch internet genealogy at the archives of Groningen.
- In May of 2006, Lars has held a series of lectures on Dutch internet genealogy at the 60th anniversary symposium of the NGV (Dutch Genealogical Society).
- They are members of the NGV (Dutch Genealogical Society) and "Ons Voorgeslacht", the society for genealogy in the province of Zuid-Holland, and the CBG (Central Bureau for Genealogy).
- They have been recognized as professional researchers by the CBG (Central Bureau for Genealogy).
Archives visited
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They have done research at the following archives:
Germany
- Bisschöfliches Münsterisches Offizialatsarchiv, Vechta.
- Bistumsarchiv Münster, Münster.
- Municipal archive of Duisburg.
- Presbytery of Ahaus.
- Staatsarchiv Aurich, Aurich.
- Municipal archive of Aachen.
Denmark
- Municipal archive of Copenhagen.
- Municipal archive of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
- State archive of Denmark in Copenhagen.
- Regional archive of Bornholm in Rønne.
Netherlands
- Central Bureau of Genealogy (CBG) in the Hague.
- Municipal archive of Aa en Hunze, Gieten.
- Municipal archive of Amsterdam.
- Municipal archive of Arnhem (now joined with the provincial archive).
- Municipal archive of Delft.
- Municipal archive of Haaksbergen.
- Municipal archive of the Hague.
- Municipal archive of Hardenberg.
- Municipal archive of den Helder.
- Municipal archive of Hulst.
- Municipal archive of Kampen.
- Municipal archive of Leeuwarden (now joined with the provincial archive).
- Municipal archive of Leiden.
- Municipal archive of Maastricht.
- Municipal archive of Nijmegen.
- Municipal archive of Rijswijk.
- Municipal archive of Rotterdam.
- Municipal archive of Schiedam.
- Municipal archive of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee.
- Municipal archive of Tholen
- Municipal archive of Vlaardingen.
- Municipal archive of Vlissingen.
- Municipal archive of Winschoten.
- Municipal archive of Zwolle (now joined with the provincial archive).
- National Archive (also provincial archive of Zuid-Holland), the Hague.
- Provincial archive of Drenthe, Assen.
- Provincial archive of Friesland, Leeuwarden.
- Provincial archive of Gelderland, Arnhem.
- Provincial archive of Groningen, Groningen.
- Provincial archive of Limburg, Maastricht.
- Provincial archive of Noord-Brabant, den Bosch.
- Provincial archive of Noord-Holland, Haarlem.
- Provincial archive of Overijssel, Zwolle.
- Provincial archive of Utrecht, Utrecht.
- Provincial archive of Zeeland, Middelburg.
- Regional archive of de Achterhoek, Doetinchem
- Regional archive of Alkmaar, Alkmaar.
- Regional archive of Dordrecht and surroundings, Dordrecht.
- Regional archive of Eindhoven.
- Regional archive of Groene Hart, Gouda.
- Regional archive of de Hoekse Waard, Heinenoord.
- Regional archive of Krimpenerwaard, Schoonhoven.
- Regional archive of Voorne-Putten and Rozenburg, Brielle.
- Regional archive of Waterland, Purmerend
- Regional archive of West-Friesland, Hoorn.
- Regional archive of Zaanstad and surroundings, Koog aan de Zaan.
- Royal archive, Noordeinde palace, the Hague.
Publications
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- Graven in en rond de kerken van Groningen, 1814-1828, published on the Internet, (1999).
- Groningse kerkboeken: Losdorp, published on the Internet, (1999).
- Het dubbelleven van Jan Koerts Davids, HuppelDePup, 7/3 (Sept. 2000).
- Hanna Schijveschuurder, dochter of nicht?, Gens Nostra 56 (2001), p. 649.
- Wiskundige Voorouders (with Jan and Pieter Moree), Nieuw Archief van de Wiskunde 5/2 (June 2001), p. 160.
- Groningse kerkboeken: doopboek Kleinemeer (RK), published on the Internet, (2001).
- Hundreds of research reports, 2000 - present.
