Dear Geri Thank you for looking at the Dutch Archives for Albertus Francois Van Holt. I have no information on him apart from [1] the announcement [from FIBIS database] of his daughters birth in 1799 in Madras., [2] the death of his wife in 1857 in Madras, and [3] his possible death also from the FIBIS database in 1817, the transcription reads A. J. Van Holt not A. F. Van Holt, and there may have been an error in the original notice of this event. regards and thanks Mary Anne 1. Albertus Francois van Holt (Gearoidin Dent) Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:49:57 +0100 From: Gearoidin Dent <[email protected]> Subject: [INDIA] Albertus Francois van Hol Someone recently asked me via the India list to do a check up for the above person in the Dutch archives. I have checked 'WieWasWie' and also The Hague Archives for this person, but unfortunately no success. The only person who came close to this name was a Reinier Francois Van Holt, who is registered in the VOC passengers list as a Soldier arriving in Indonesia on the 9th September 1741. He was discharged in 1753. It's possible that this person is a relative given the similarity in name, but of course I cannot verify this. I should add that the Dutch archives are only just starting to put stuff online in one central location, so its possible that at some future stage, this above person will show up. Otherwise, one needs to know where the person was born or baptised in order to do any research. The good thing is, that mother's maiden names are always given, since one never loses their maiden name even when they marry. Very often if you know the mother's name, you can also r! esearch under the maiden name as all records, regarding births and deaths will show the mother's maiden name. Well, I wish whoever it was who made the request, lots of luck with their research. I'm sorry that I don't know their name, but I accidently deleted the India List email. Geri ------------------------------