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From: G J Bothof <>
Subject: Re: FW: ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:16:22 -0700

Dear mrs. Waldeck,

Your query was:

>
> Last year I was following a Waldeck Clue which lead to my researching the
> Royal Steamship Company. This was a dead-end as most of the traffic for
> this steamship company was between Britain and the West Indies and the
> Americas. I have subsequently learnt the there is a Royal Netherlands
> Steamship Company circa 1856. Would anyone know where I might obtain
> further details about the routes it plied and the captains of its vessels ?

You may contact the following institutions in Amsterdam and Rotterdam,
though I don't know whether the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot
Maatschappij sailed to South Africa mid 1800. Other shipping companies
were/are Hollandsche Lloyd and Oranjelijn, the latter operating ships
with names ending in ...kerk.

The libraries of these shipping museums can be contacted as follows:

Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam:

url http://www.generali.nl/scheepvaartmuseum
e-mail

Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik (Rotterdam)

url http://www.mediaport.org\~mmr
e-mail

The archives/record offices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam might have
interesting archive holdings and are accessible by e-mail:

Rotterdam (Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Rotterdam)



Amsterdam (Gemeente Archief Rotterdam)



I would suggest to contact first the museums for historic info, since my
experience with Rotterdam was excellent.

Sincerely,

G.J. Bothof
De Blekerij 22
3831 CT Leusden
The Netherlands

Researching a death case in Potchefstroom in 1890. Is there anybody from
or by POTCHEFSTROOM subscribed to this maillist? I offer a counter
performance for research in this country to the subscriber who could
help me.

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