A bit about myself and my website

My name is Ronald Jan Boerkoel. I live in The Netherlands close to The Northsea. I retired in 2016 and soon afterwards began devoting my time to researching our familyhistory. If you're interested, you can find my professional background on Linkedin. Before retirement, I enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies and activities, including sailing, tennis, aikido, model railway, swimming, golf, playing organ, piano, violin, accordeon, beekeeping, volunteering in nature conservation and school. Most of these I set aside once I became fully immersed in genealogy

I have built our family tree using the Dutch genealogy program GensDataPro and published it on GenealogieOnline.nl to improve its accuracy and to collaborate with others. This personal website serves a different purpose: it presents our complete family history (as far as I have been able to trace it) in the form of a four-part e-book, along with individual stories and memorable events from the lives of family members. I am always grateful for additional information, corrections, or contributions from others—please feel free to use the Contact option in the menu. Thank you for visiting

Some of my nearest family in my study.