Selected Church Records of Culemborg (Gelderland), Netherlands

by Wesley Johnston
Last Updated May 2, 2007

This web page contains references to various records that I found in the church records of Culemborg. My search began with an attempt to find the baptismal record of Gerrit van Wijk whose marriage record in 1793 in Amsterdam said that he was age 30 and born at Kuylenburg (the old spelling for Culemborg), thus born about 1763. The criteria for my selection of records on this web page arose from this purpose. I began with the Dutch Reformed records, but then I moved to the Catholic records when I learned that he was Roman Catholic in his adult life. I also learned (after the Dutch Reformed search but before the Catholic searches) that Gerrit apparently had a sister named Antje van Wijk, who I also searched from that point on.

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Culemborg Dutch Reformed Church Records

Baptisms (Doppen)

I searched the LDS Family History Library International Microfilm number 108668. I noted all children named Gerrit and all parents named VAN WIJK for the years 1753-1769, inclusive. In the instances below where only one name is given, it is that of the child, unless otherwise noted. The records are all in hand-written Dutch. Where there is a question about my transcription of a word, I have included a question mark (?).

Culemborg Dutch Reformed Church Records

Marriages (Trouwen)

I searched the LDS Family History Library International Microfilm number 0896333. I noted all instances of VAN WIJK (or variants) for the years 1748-1770, inclusive. All of the records are on cards, one marriage per card, with the same pre-printed fields: "Trouwakte d. d." (usually given as a date range), "Man", "Vrouw", and "Getuigen" (witnesses). Almost all of the witness fields were blank. In one case, hand-writing preceded the printed "Trouwakte d. d."; I have rendered that hand-writing in italics. I have put the months into English spellings. The originals are all in Dutch. The transcriptions are the best rendering that I could make of the handwritten entries. The rendering of text between question marks is uncertain. I believe that the common abbeviations "J. M." and "J. D." mean "young man" and "young daughter".

Culemborg Evangelical (Lutheran) Church Records

Baptisms (Doppen)

I searched the LDS Family History Library International Microfilm number 108671. Section 411 was the complete registers of the Evangelical community (gemeente) - baptisms, marriages (including announcements), communions, deaths for the years 1664-1778. I searched the baptismal records for the years 1750-1770, inclusive, looking for anyone named named VAN WIJK (or variant spellings). The records are all in hand-written Dutch.

RESULTS: No one named VAN WIJK (or variants) was found in the baptisms from 1750-1770, inclusive.

Culemborg Old Catholic Church Records

Baptisms (Doppen)

I searched the LDS Family History Library International Microfilm number 108671. Section 419 was baptisms for the years 1727-1811. I searched 1750-1772, inclusive. I noted all entries where there was any mention (father, mother, sponsor) of someone named VAN WIJK (or variant spellings). The records are all in hand-written Latin (filius = son, filia = daughter, dates are converted to English below). Where there is a question about my transcription of a word, I have included a question mark (?). The records of the old Catholic church have far fewer births per year than the other Catholic church in Culemborg.

Culemborg Roman Catholic Church Records

Baptisms (Doppen)

I searched the Catholic church records on LDS Family History Library International Microfilm number 108672 (which also contains the Evangelical (Lutheran) church records). Section 413 was baptisms for the years 1710-1772. I searched 1756-1768, inclusive. I noted all entries where there was any mention (father, mother, sponsor) of someone named VAN WIJK (or variant spellings). The records are all in hand-written Latin (filius = son, filia = daughter, dates are converted to English below). Where there is a question about my transcription of a word, I have included a question mark (?). The records of the old Catholic church of Culemborg have far fewer births per year than does this Catholic church.

NOTE: There are several entries with the surname either VAN VANWYCK or VAN PANWYCK, which I did not record. None of these entries were for children named Gerrit or Antje (or variant spellings of these).

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