Member Group Ivan Lötter Posted December 21, 2020 Member Group Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hi, Ik spreek Afrikaans...so I will rather ask in English. Where can I find records of the POWs on the VOC Ship "Held Woltemade", the skipper was repatriated in 1783 so were there other sailors on the ship? My ancestor Wilhelm Lamberts was a soldier on the ship. Thanks Please login or register to see this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Group JPB Posted December 22, 2020 Member Group Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hi Ivan, if any PoW records remain, it would be in the British archives. I couldn't find anything relevant in the indexes at FindMyPast, but perhaps you could approach the maritime archive directly. Great piece on the Held Woltemade and the British capture can be found [Please login or register to see this link. ]. kind regards, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beheerder sadminF Posted December 23, 2020 Beheerder Share Posted December 23, 2020 Op 21-12-2020 om 08:08 zei Ivan Lötter: Where can I find records of the POWs on the VOC Ship "Held Woltemade", the skipper was repatriated in 1783 so were there other sailors on the ship? My ancestor Wilhelm Lamberts was a soldier on the ship. Can not really answer your original question, but you might find some more about Woltemade here; Please login or register to see this link. Op deze website kunt u duizenden brieven uit de 17e en 18e eeuw doorzoeken en lezen, die veelal zijn geschreven door gewone Nederlanders. De documenten bevonden zich op Nederlandse schepen die door de Engelsen destijds zijn gekaapt. In Engeland belandden de in beslag genomen stukken in archieven, waar ze eeuwen later zijn herontdekt. De moeilijk leesbare originelen zijn door vrijwilligers nauwkeurig overgetikt. De gekaapte brieven leveren een schat aan gegevens voor historici en taalkundigen, (amateur-)genealogen, erfgoedinstellingen zoals musea, en iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in het maritieme verleden van Nederland. De collectie bevat zakelijke post die in de 17e en 18e eeuw per schip werd vervoerd en ook de persoonlijke correspondentie tussen de opvarenden en hun familieleden. Any translation roadblocks you can ask us about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Group Ozlady Posted December 26, 2020 Member Group Share Posted December 26, 2020 FYI Please login or register to see this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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