2022-02-01: We are happy to announce that the Waterlands Archive and Regional Archive Zutphen have joined WieWasWie. This means even more attention to historical personal data from the DTB registers, civil status, population registers and smaller, specialist collections.

03-12-2019: Are you looking for passengers who traveled with the Holland America Line (HAL) between 1900 and 1969? From now on you can view the passenger lists via the Rotterdam City Archives and WieWasWie websites.

14-11-2018: Civil registration certificates are now linked to other certificates. With LINKS you can build your family tree in the civil registration period much easier and in shorter time. And it also provides you with LINKS that aren't easy to find with manual searches.

23-09-2018: The American Family Tree Magazine has put WieWasWie on the list of 101 Best Websites for genealogy. Family Tree Magazine is America's largest-circulation genealogy magazine.

18-05-2018: We are very proud! The English magazine "Who Do You Think You Are?" put WieWasWie as second best on the list of 'Best European Genealogy Websites'.

17-01-2018: More than 455 thousand thieves, murderers, poachers, arsonists and more in WieWasWie! All crooks from the registration registers of the Remand Centres in Brabant (1812-1925). Do you have criminal ancestors?

22-12-2017: The Administration and the draw for the military services were recorded in so called 'militieregisters’. Because every conscript was registered, all Dutch guys from 18 years of age were noted in the militia registers between approximately 1811 and 1940. So there is a very good chance that you can find your Dutch ancestors in the militia registers.

03-07-2017: Did one of your ancestors work in the Royal Household? As of today you can find the answer on that question in WieWasWie. The information is derived from the staff registers of the Royal Household which were kept between 1814 untill 1940.