Dear Cathy, The Kingdom of The Netherlands was not formed in one gettogether, but was shaped over the last 1000 years. In that time there were a lot of (strange) heirarchical structures. But the structure is best compared with that of the USA. Some provinces (Zeeland and Holland) formed a (business-)alliance (VOC), and other provinces (which were just states on their own) joined. The politics were very simple, just let everybody do what they like, as long it brings profit. So for the people the formation of The Netherlands was just that all the diffent kinds of money were thrown away and replaced by the Dutch Guilder (like the proces of the Euro last year). In a province every town, city or even a settlement of five people had it's own authority. So the mayor of Westkapelle answered directly to the province. Later on the town got less authority and the provinces more, but now even the provinces have almost no authority. All what can be placed central is placed central, so the penalty of stealing an apple is the same here as it is in Groningen. The most confusion comes from the names of parts of the country. Walcheren, just a name for the former island. As Zuid Beveland is just a name for an area, there are no exact boundaries and there is no government. On most maps, these names are not given. I just got my encyclopedia of my shelf: "Zeeland, province of The Netherlands, 2700 square km (1055 square mile) of which 1709 square km land (668 square mile). The province is made up of islands. In the Roman times, Zeeland was the point of which the Romans crossed the North Sea to the UK. The area south of the river Oosterschelde (runs throw Zeeland) was property of the count of Vlaanderen who lend it to the count of Holland in 1165. In 1296 Floris V defeated the nobles of Zeeland en Vlaanderen and Zeeland was joined with Holland. But in 1428 Philips van Bourgondie obtained Zeeland and it developed to a independant province. In 1577 Zeeland recognized Willem van Oranje as viceroy. In 1814 the province Zeeland was formed as it is today." The local authority is even more complicated... Greetings, Anne J. C. Simonse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Collier" <Cathyclerk@cfl.rr.com> To: <NYDUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCH] Maps > Anne, thank for sending this in. I have a great degree of problem > ascertaining what is where in Zeeland. I haven't looked this site over fully > yet, but I hope that it will tell us not onlythe name of the towns, but the > areas that they were/are in. > > Does this site or can you give us the heirarchical geo-political structures > for the Netherlands? (i.e. City/Town, Parish, County, State/Province as > applies) Is there a website that addresses this totally? > > Thanks!! > > Cathy > > Listowner: PAPKE-L, KUTSCHKE-L, BRASSER-L and NYDUTCH-L @Rootsweb.com > Papke & Collier Genealogy Home Page > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/l/Cathleen-M-Collier/index.html#lin > ks > Pommernkontakte (managed by Gunthard Stuebs) > http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html?sessid=902c28d2590217e7f984864cd40a4281 > &mode=page&db=rc&page=welcome > > Grandparents are similar to a piece of string handy to have around and > easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "De Zunne" <zunne@zeelandnet.nl> > To: <NYDUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, 19 May, 2002 9:44 AM > Subject: [NYDUTCH] Maps > > > > Dear All, > > > > For old maps on the internet the link > http://www.kb.nl/kb/galerie/indexatlas.html will take you to the Koninklijke > Bibliotheek. They have scanned the atlas Van der Hagen and the atlas > Beudeker. These maps are just viewable, but also downloadeble and with an > MrSid application downloaded, you can zoom in (very high resolution!). > > > > Only problem is that the site is in Dutch, so: > > > > Bron = Source > > Jaar = Year > > Naam = Name > > Gebied = Area > > Trefwoord = Reference > > > > Greetings, > > > > Anne J. C. Simonse > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== NYDUTCH Mailing List ==== > NYDUTCH-L is directed primarily toward those Dutch who emigrated post-1800. Those wishing to also research the earlier period, 1600-1700, may join the DUTCH-COLONIES-L message list at Rootsweb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >