This blog is a transcription of the diaries of my grandfather, Folkert Peter Vander Meulen (1893-1978). If you wish to contact me, please do so at leslieatkhs65dotcom. We love finding new cousins!
About this Vander Meulen family blog
My grandfather died in 1978, leaving me his diaries and genealogy notebooks. I have spent over 2 years reading & in many cases re-reading the diaries through, although I have read parts in the past, and trying to decide how to share them. The blog format emerged as the best way to share. I hope family members are enjoying seeing the lives of my grandparents through grandpa's eyes as well as seeing how they fit into the world around them. If you think you may be related to us PLEASE email, I am willing to share information and love to correspond. PLEASE feel free to add comments - use the comment utility at the end of each post for asking questions, requesting information, or just saying hello! Before you get started, please go to the LABELS on the right side-bar and to the General Information posts to understand how this transcription of the diaries is going to be formatted. 1/1/2011 - my first typing of 2011 - the diary transcription has taken on a new dimension since I began in December, '09. I've discovered many things in my possession which I can use to illustrate the diaries, to say nothing of the magic of the Internet to add details and photos of the people, places and events that filled grandma & grandpa's lives. As I've said often, I now have to live to be 100, and be healthy, so I can finish! World War II years are almost finished, then it's back to grandpa's chronological jottings. There will be something for everyone, so I hope you are all enjoying reading as much as I am enjoying posting. Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar 
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012
Merry Christmas to all my Vander Meulen cousins and interested readers. I am so far behind in all things in my life. 2011 has been a sad year for me with the loss of my nearly life-long friend Joe in January and my husband Paul in July. I promised my brother the World War II years for Christmas in 2009, so to Kert, my special apologies. I wish for us all a wonderful 2012 and we WILL see the end of World War II through grandpa's eyes then we'll get back to his early life. Prettige Feestdagen to all and a gelukkig nieuw jaar! And a huge THANK YOU to all my cousins who have helped me in my efforts this year, once the pottery research is finished it'll be posted here. I look forward to seeing/meeting many of you in 2012 as I head east to Vander Meulen territory in New York! Here is a great, short, video about soldiers around the world at this special time of year.
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