Ancestral Genealogy and the DBU’s Marvellous Service-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nick Van Der Hoeven, whose choice of title was “The Dutch Burgher Union while highlights have been imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi snSpedtoorh3fi1c80a115m1h307g3u8i82016f0i28a6c396l64390307fi  · I have been reflecting on how lucky we are (as a group) to have such incredible access to the history of our ancestors. Yes, its very interesting: the diverse biological backgrounds (Dutch, British, Prussian, French, Portuguese, local etc). I am, however, a second generation Australian-born Burgher on my father’s side (plus Hungarian on mothers) and no doubt have a different reading history than those who ‘lived it’ back in Ceylon for those 500 years of colonisation. ...

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