vanNostrand family interest
Exploring your extended family history can be both enjoyable and inspiring. It has given me fresh ideas for our retirement travels. I’ve always loved visiting grand stone castles, whether they are the medieval British or French ones, the distinctive Moorish and Moroccan designs, or the incredible Inca fortresses in Peru. Nowadays, it’s much simpler to […]
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The popular TV series “The Last Kingdom” tells the story of a Viking ancestor in the UK during the 1000 AD era. The real life “Uhtred of Bamburgh” turns out to be an ancestor of the Canadian van Nostrands, back 29 generations ago! The TV series is historical based fiction, so it tells a somewhat […]
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Dutch ancestry originating from Denmark, to New York, to Ontario, and Nova Scotia. The north American family name vanNostrand, originated from 1638. Two Dutch brothers emigrated from Nordstrand Island, Denmark in 1638, present day Germany. The name has been spelled in various forms since then, including: van Nostrand, van Nordstrandt, Van Norstrande or Van Nostrande, […]
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All these images were all generated using AI (Artificial Intelligence) for my first time, in less than an hour. Previously I actually commissioned an artist to created a beautiful painting related to my family heritage based on my “concept”. This process is similar, but faster, and easier. My vanNostrand ancestors left Nordstrand Island (present day […]
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