Hi all, Here is a site which gives English translations of many of the words used on Dutch websites, eg. those that do searches. See especially the Search Forms link at the bottom. http://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=48&Itemid=71 One word I didn't see is getuige, which means witness. You might need these words here: http://gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/genealogie/doopregisters/zoek/index.nl.html (Amsterdam baptisms) Or, on other sites found here: http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html I learned of Yvette's site from this blog: http://dutch-roots.blogspot.com/ Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com