SCHOTANUS-FOUNDATION
Last update of this page: 04/10/2010
The Schotanus-foundation is a voluntary organization and was founded in
1955 to try and compose the family-tree of all the Schotanuses all over the
world. The history of the family goes back as far as the year 1385; the
family-name refers to the village of Schoot in the province of Friesland in the
North of the Netherlands.
The family-tree of almost all the branches of the family has been
published in 18 booklets ‘Gens Schotana’, but the research is still going on.
The foundation publishes a 3-monthly family newspaper, called ‘Aldfaers
Erf’. We also organize family reunions every spring somewhere in the
Netherlands.
When you
click on list
you will find a list of all the Schotanuses ( and also Scholtanus and Schotanus
á Sterringa), born since the year 1899. If your last (or maiden) name is
Schotanus and you are not on the list, we know nothing about you. If that is the
case, send an email to Mr. Jan Schotanus with some data and he will find the
link to your roots.
Also, if
you want to have more information, you know where you can always find him.
Hoping to hear from you.
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Summary for our readers abroad.
Aldfaers Erf nr. 186 , summer 2010.
Van de redactietafel
(From the editor’s desk) A short survey of the
contents of this issue.
Van de voorzitter (From the chairman) It was quite an arrival in Franeker, there were fire brigades,
firemen and ambulances. It was the 112-day on exercise in grand style. (112 is
the alarm number, like 911 in the USA).The presentation of Gens Schotana #19
was the highlight of the familyday 2010. Franeker’s mayor, mr. Veenstra and
author Jan Hengstmengel received a copy. Special thanks were for Jan
Hengstmengel for all the work he had done to publish Gens Schotana # 19.
Verzoek om toezending van actuele genealogische gegevens
(Request
for sending actual genealogical data. Because archives are not opened for finding data about living persons,
please fill out the enclosed form to keep the family data up-to-date. Send this form to
Jan Hengstmengel (see inside cover).
Impressie van de Schotanus familiedag gehouden op 5-6-2010 te Franeker. (Impressions of the Schotanus family day on June 5th 2010 in Franeker).
Mayor veenstra received us, we got coffee and cakes
with the Schotanus coat of arms on it. In the impressive council hall our
chairman Nanning offered the first copies of the latest Gens Schotana to the
mayor and to the author Jan Hengstmengel.
After this, the participants went to restaurant De
Doelen to have the annual meeting. The lunch was well provided and after that
there was a very interesting presentation about that part of the family tree
that is described in Gens Schotana #19 by Jan Hengstmengel. Altogether a
memorable day.
Opsporing verzocht?.... en tot stand gekomen! (Tracing requested? ….and with a result!) Gerrit van
de Akker tried to trace his friend Rob Schotanus. He contacted the Schotanus
foundation and Coby de Haan found Rob’s widow.
The second person, that was looked for by somebody
else, has also been traced.
Carambei, Parana,
Brazilië (Brazil) Nanning continues his story about the visit
to his daughter and her family. They emigrated some years ago to Brazil. In
Brazil there is no spring nor autumn, it ‘s always summer, though the
temperature in winter is a little lower.
Avonturen in
vogelvlucht (Adventures in a bird’s eye view)
On February 21st 2007 Wil went with two other birdwatchers to the very south of
the Netherlands, near Maastricht, to see the largest European owl, the eagle
owl (Latin name: Bubo bubo). When they had installed their instruments a couple
came by and the man asked: “Well gentlemen, they are there again?” The man was
invited to see through the telescope and while watching the owl, Wil watched
the man. When both man and woman had looked through the telescope, they greeted
and walked on. Then Wil asked his fellow watchers if they knew who that man
was. As they shook their heads Wil revealed: “That was André Rieu, the world
famous musician”. A very special bird to watch.
Schotanussen in de
pers (Schotanusses in the press)
Children chose a book written by Jan Schotanus. He got
the Children book award 2010 for his book “Bor en de boef” (Bor and the villain)
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