Discover your past with
Genealogical Bureau van der Hoeven
Every family has a story. At Genealogical Bureau van der Hoeven, we bring that story to life. We help you unravel your ancestry, connect generations, and capture your family’s unique story in a reliable and captivating way.
Your history, professionally researched
Whether you’re curious about your ancestors, your family name, or the origins of a specific branch of your family, we conduct careful and thorough research in historical archives, registers, and digital databases – both in the Netherlands and internationally.
As an experienced genealogist I combine classic archival techniques with modern digital techniques to provide you with comprehensive and insightful results.
What can I do for you?
Want to capture your family’s story in a book? Or are you stuck with your research? I’m happy to help, and of course, your wishes are paramount in all our work!
Research
The research possibilities are broad and are always tailored to your personal wishes and research questions.
Courses
View our current course offerings and register for one of our ongoing courses.
Lectures
See which lectures we have given and which ones are on the program. You can also request a customized lecture on a topic of your choice.
Family history
Every family has a story that deserves to be told. Let us help bring that story to life in a book.
Publications about families
Click on the family name to find it on the (Dutch) website.
Alenbos | Allart | Arminius | Arminius | Aspeling | Van Asperen | De Beauvoir/Bevoort | Besemer | Van Beuningen van Helsdingen | Boer | Bollaert | Bort | Bos | Both | Brand/van (den) Brande | Van der Bregge | Brouwhuijs | Bruijndijk | Buijser | Buijser | Buijser | Van der Burch | Cordia | Cortenhouff | Couckelenbergh | Cramer | Van Cuijck van Meteren | De Cupere | Dekker | Dimmer | Doeve | Van Eek | Van Es(ch) | Focker | Van Foreest | Van Gameren | Van Genderen | Goedhart | ’s-Gravesande | Haelbos| Van der Heijde | Van Helsdingen | Henny | Van Hessel | Heuff | Van der Hidde | Van der Hoeve | Van der Hoeven | Hulsen | Jacometti | De Jongh | Kemp | Kemp | Kemp | Koedieff | Van Krimpen | Van Lidth de Jeude | Livain | Van Lopik | Mans | Van Malburg | Van Maurik | Meelhooft| De Mireuville | Molenaar | Moll | Nieuwpoort | Van Nes | Noorwits | Olijcan | Olman Van Oudewater | Peelen | Reijnen | De Ruyter | Schim | Schouten | Schriks | Sleeuwenhoek | Spanjaert | Speelman | Speijert | Staverinus | Stehouwer | Steinbach | Van Suijdervliet | Tijckmaker | Toet | Van Tubbergen | Valck | Verhagen Metman | Verhees | Vlasveld | Vogels | Vroege | Wingertranck | Wolf | De Zoete
References
Clients include private individuals, archives, historical researchers, and notaries.
Léon van der Hoeven
Léon van der Hoeven (1964) has been working as a professional genealogist and historian since 1990. His fascination with history and genealogy began at an early age, and in 1980 he took his first steps in archival research. Since then, he has specialized in uncovering and making accessible forgotten or previously unused sources, such as historical burial records.
In addition to genealogy, his historical research focuses on rural education in South Holland during the early modern period (1572–1812). He also has a strong interest in themes such as emigration, mobility, and poor relief in the same era.
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