From: f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@THISgmail.com   
      
   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   
      
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