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Since 1993 I have examined the history of the different Dutch Beijen and Beyen families in the last centuries. I found very interesting things:
a seal with a coat of arms at charters from, among others, 1530, 1617 and 1779;
disputes in a church council about wedding plans in 1626 and 1670;
a court case concerning a broken promise of marriage in 1687;
the construction of a magnificent church organ around 1775;
a marriage consent of Napoleon in 1813;
a picture of a coat of arms from 1824;
a beautiful picture of a family tree from 1827;
two participants in the Ten Days Campaign against Belgium in 1831;
a visit to Tsar Nicholas I in St Petersburg in 1840;
an awkward affair in the Municipal Pawnshop in Haarlem in 1852;
a mysterious birth and a false birth certificate in France in 1878;
a unique will from 1881 that proved to be of interest even in 1999;
a spectacular burglary in 1896 that was mentioned by many Dutch newspapers;
a birth registration in Scotland in 1908 and disputes in Holland about the name of the child;
a sad death in a German concentration camp after assistance to hided Jews;
two Dutch Ministers (one of Defense and one of Foreign Affairs),
and many ordinary and less ordinary people.
You can find all these stories, and much more, on this website.
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