WELCOME TO THE VALSTAR/VALSTER
GENEALOGY WEBSITE
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This Website is a one-man operation, provided by Jacob Valstar, California, USA. If you have Information, Questions, Comments, Suggestions, or just for a Friendly Note, please send an email to Jacob Valstar.
Moeilijkheden met het Engels? Zend een email in het Nederlands!
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Welcome to the Genealogy Website for the Valstars and Valsters, their Descendants, and their Relatives.
(Also some Falstars and Falsters due to variations in spelling - primarily in Brazil)
The family names VALSTAR and VALSTER started in Holland in approximately AD1630. All persons with the last name Valstar or Valster are related to each other. From about the mid 1800s on, the Valstars and Valsters have spread out all over the world. This website is dedicated to the genealogy of all Valstars and Valsters worldwide by promoting the collection and exchange of genealogical information.
On the first of January 2009, the total number of Valstars and Valsters born since AD1630 was 2877 (2000 Valstars and 877 Valsters). From that number, 1014 Valstars and 404 Valsters were alive.
It took Ful Valstar about four years to collect the Valstar/Valster genealogy. It was published in 2002 in the form of a hard cover book titled "Ruim drie eeuwen Valstar/Valster" (More than three centuries of Valstar/Valster). This book was printed as a limited edition that SOLD OUT in 2007.
This genealogy is kept up to date as much as possible. Since publication, many updates have been collected and received.
OWNERS of the Valstar/Valster BOOK can get UPDATES and ADDENDUM by email. But also an E-BOOK version (including all UPDATES) is available. All Valstars/Valsters, whether you have Ful's hard cover book or not, can request the E-BOOK version.
All you have to do is send me an email. (And it is all for FREE!)
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ALL AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION IS UPDATED EVERY TIME NEW DATA ARE RECEIVED
It is up the the Valstars and Valsters to keep the updates coming. If you are a Valstar or Valster, think if there is any birth, marriage, or death you can report. This is the only way we can keep this genealogy updated. If you have any birth, marriage, or death info (or to ask for ancestry or other family information) email either Jacob or Ful Valstar.
MOST RECENT UPDATE : 17-JANUARY-2012
THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION IS DESCRIBED FURTHER DOWN BELOW
For a description of CONTENTS and FORMATS, go to FORMATS (see sidebar).
Ful's book and the E-BOOK are written in Dutch.
For help for English-Only Readers, go to (see sidebar) :
READING THE DUTCH GENEALOGY FOR ENGLISH READERS
In accordance with "Reading the Dutch Genealogy for English Readers", a SPECIAL E-BOOK VERSION is available in which the most common phrases in DUTCH are REPLACED by equivalent phrases in ENGLISH (replaced phrases are printed in CURSIVE).
This is accomplished by using the find/replace macros of a word processor.
Although not a true translation, the result is very readable.
Email me for a copy.
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INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE IS UPDATED EVERY TIME NEW DATA ARE RECEIVED
ALL INFORMATION IS
1) PROVIDED BY EMAIL
2) COMPLEMENTARY (GRATIS/FREE)
3) AVAILABLE AS FOLLOWS:
UPDATES & ADDENDUM TO FUL'S BOOK
E-BOOK VERSION OF FUL'S BOOK
PERSONALIZED ANCESTRY DATA
consisting of the line of descent from Pieter Huijgensz down to one or more persons, or a family, as desired.
SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS
For information about CONTENTS and FORMATS, go to FORMATS (see sidebar).
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UPDATES & ADDENDUM TO FUL'S BOOK
We maintain LISTS of UPDATES & ADDITIONS to Ful's book, which are available by email to all VALSTARS, VALSTERS, or all who have a COPY of FUL'S BOOK. All received updates are entered into these lists, usually within days.
The LIST of UPDATES contains all new data of births, marriages, and deaths in a condensed format.
The LIST of ADDITIONS is intended as an ADDENDUM to Ful's book and contains primarily new birth data in the same full text format used in the book.
Both the LIST of UPDATES and the ADDENDUM can be printed out and added to Ful's book.
For information about CONTENTS and FORMATS, go to FORMATS (see sidebar).
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THE E-BOOK VERSION OF FUL'S BOOK
VALSTARS/VALSTERS that don't have the HARD COVER version of Ful's book, can request the E-BOOK version. You can keep this version on your computer, view it, search it, or print it out yourself. This E-BOOK contains all the genealogical data from Ful's HARD COVER book, complete with UPDATES.
Sorry, no illustrations or pictures as in the HARD COVER edition.
VALSTARS/VALSTERS that have the HARD COVER edition, and want to stay up-to-date, can consider requesting the E-BOOK version instead of the UPDATES & ADDENDUM, or both.
Ful's book and the E-BOOK are written in Dutch.
For help for English-Only Readers, read or print (see sidebar) :
READING THE DUTCH GENEALOGY FOR ENGLISH READERS
and see the ENGLISH version of the E-BOOK.
For information about CONTENTS and FORMATS, go to FORMATS (see sidebar).
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PERSONALIZED ANCESTRY DATA
This is primarily intended for DESCENDENTS or RELATIVES with a DIFFERENT LAST NAME. If they can identify the Valstar/Valster in their ancestry, they can request a list of PERSONALIZED ANCESTRY DATA consisting of their line of descent from Pieter Huijgensz (AD1630) down to the named ancestor.
VALSTARS/VALSTERS that like to have a printout of their INDIVIDUAL line of descent can request such a list of PERSONALIZED ANCESTRY DATA also. In this case we can provide the line of descent from Pieter Huijgensz down to one or more persons, or a family, as desired.
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THE ABOVE DESCRIBED DATA CAN BE REQUESTED ANY TIME BY SENDING ME AN EMAIL
JUST ASK, and I will send you the latest copies. You can write me any time you want to get the latest updates. Also, don't forget to write me when you have data that should be included in the genealogy.
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The Valstar/Valster genealogy starts with Pieter Huijgensz, born in approximately AD 1630 in Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. Several BOOKS have been published about this genealogy. Vincentinus Phulps Valstar published "Een oud Tuindersgeslacht, 'n tak van de FAMILIE VALSTAR" in 1953. This was followed by Leendert Valstar, who published "Geslacht Valstar" in 1979. This second book contained the names of 1457 Valstars. It was later translated, expanded, and republished in English by Anne Valstar Tadema from Canada.
The latest VALSTAR/VALSTER book has been written by Ful Valstar, a grandnephew of Vincentinus Phulps (see above). He has worked on it for four years. This book is a milestone in the history of the VALSTARs and VALSTERs. Ful has done everything he can to make it as complete as possible. It is a hard cover book and its title is "Ruim drie eeuwen Valstar/Valster" (More than three centuries of Valstar/Valster).
Level of detail and quality of printing is very impressive. Leendert's book (1979) had 1457 Valstars and no illustrations. Ful's book has 1900 Valstars, 800 Valsters, and 120 illustrations. It will be years (if ever) before somebody writes such a book again. It was published in 2002. Only a one-time edition of 560 copies was printed, which sold out in 2007. As with Leendert's and Anne's books, it is no longer available :-(
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