This database is meant for several purposes. It is a memorial in a form that I -as genealogist- am best at, for the Jewish people who have lived in and near my home town, and who where largely massacred over 60 years ago.

The French Revolution and the subsequent conquest of our country promised equal rights for all. It did not do away with discrimination and anti-Semitism however, often stirred up by church officials and newspapers, and climaxing in the Nazi crimes.

Even though few Catholics and Jews have intermarried, and none are in my ancestor table, a genealogist with a true interest in his ancestors and the places where they lived should not ignore the "other" peoples that lived among them.

Also with this database I hope to be of service to Jewish genealogists and other researchers with interest in their history. It is a rather difficult people to research, with the changes of names and of places where they lived, the scarcity of early sources, and the fact that many had to flee their ancestor's homes or were murdered in the dark times past, so that very few remain here to do the research.

All comments in the database itself are in Dutch.

For further info in Dutch (practical comments and references to books and websites) see also my webpage: http://members.home.nl/w.brasse/genealogie_joods.htm

Wil Brassé, Sittard 2005-2009.