From: f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@THISgmail.com   
      
   On 25/07/2018 19:29, Richard van Schaik wrote:   
   > On 25/07/2018 19:22, Tickettyboo wrote:   
   >> On 2018-07-25 17:07:13 +0000, Richard van Schaik said:   
   >>   
   >>> On 25/07/2018 18:42, Tickettyboo wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Col 14 (usually has the reference for the last address they were   
   >>>> registerd at) says Polkaart * (can't decipher the second part). Any   
   >>>> ideas? If there is a chance I can track him back in these records a   
   >>>> little further, I'd be interested. He's certainly not on dl235/109   
   >>>> with the adoptive parents.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pol might be Police? Never seen before so hope some else has.   
   >>   
   >> Thank you! Very kind of you to take the time to look and the   
   >> explanations are helpful.   
   >>   
   >> Regarding the entry in col 14, do you know what the second (word or   
   >> abbrevation) after Polkaart may say? I am not even sure about the   
   >> characters!   
   >> Also was there a register in the Netherlands (like the one in Belgium)   
   >> where 'foreigners' were registered upon arrival with the police? I am   
   >> assuming that he was with at least one of his birth parents, who each   
   >> had reasons to be away from the Uk - the Sea Captain sailed all over   
   >> and the Music Hall Artist also worked in theatres in different countries.   
   >>   
   >> I'll do a bit more investigation in the records to see if I can find   
   >> anything likely, but at least I now have an explanation about why I   
   >> couldn't find any trace of this child in the UK records :-)   
   >   
   > I think those are reference numbers or letters to the specific record.   
   > But I fail also to read those. Might be better to pose your question   
   > about this to the Amsterdam archive. They are very helpful in my   
   > experience. Informatie -at- stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl   
   >   
      
   Easier to zoom is:   
   https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/bevolkingsregisters_1874-1893/   
   oek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&a1=Flowerday&af1=1&x=22&z=a#BRB00130000043   
   I think it might be Polkaart CrA. Whatever that means.   
      
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