Westfrisian ancestors

Since much of this project is about ancestors and some readers might wonder about my descent, I will now share some facts about this. First, the spread of my roots from the third generation (2x2x2 = 8 great-grandparents) to the sixth generation (8x8 = 64 gr.-gr.'parents of my 8 gr.-gr.'parents), then the variety of first names.

area of the Netherlands (North-Holland) in maps below

(each red dot represents the place of birth of one ancestor ~ map is of 1894)

genertation III: 8 ancestors birth years range: 1871-1889	generation IV: 16 ancestors birth years range: 1832-1864
generation V: 32 ancestors birth years range: 1786-1833	generation VI: 64 ancestors birth years range: 1750-1812

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First names in generations VI and VII (birth year range: 1715-1812)

Fathers	freq.		Mothers	freq.
Jan	20		Maritje / Marijtje / Maartje	14
Pieter	12		Antje (8) / Anna (1)	9
Klaas	11		Grietje	8
Cornelis	7		Jantje / Jannetje	7
Dirk	6		Neeltje	7
Jacob	6		Trijntje	7
Ariën (4) / Adrianus (1)	5		Dieuwertje	6
Gerrit	4		Elisabeth / Lijsbeth	6
Simon / Sijmen	3		Aafje	5
Abraham	2		Geertje / Gerritje	5
Aris	2		Guurtje	4
Joris	2		Aaltje	2
Maarten	2		Ariaantje	2
Arend	1		Cornelisje	2
Elias	1		Dirkje	2
Floris	1		Immetje	2
Hendrik	1		Aagje / Agatha	1
Herke	1		Geesje	1
Hermen	1		Hiltje	1
Ide	1		Meinouwtje	1
Matthijs	1		Reinouwtje	1
Nien	1		Sijtje	1
Outjert	1		Vokeltje	1
Reijer	1		Wijntje	1
Rens	1
Sijbrand	1
Willem	1

Chapters and Chronology

(updated March 17)
For my new English Oera Linda translation, I plan the chapter division listed below.

The translation is presented in the original order of the manuscript. A more structured and chronological order may provide a better reading experience:

Historical narratives (add descriptions)
(most years are rough estimates)

1) 2200 to 2100 BCE (15 pages)
 § 7 – 8 [047/06 – 061/27]

2) 1650 to 1550 BCE (21 pages)
 § 9ab [061/28 – 071/29]
 § 4de [033/22 – 040/10]
 § 9c [072/05 – 075/07]

3) 1200 BCE (4 pages)
 § 10ab [075/08 – 079/10]

4) 600 to 500 BCE (31 pages)
 § 11 [079/11 – 087/18]
 § 15c [141/26 – 142/01]
 § 12 [087/19 – 089/32]
 § 1 [001/01 – 005/28]
 § 13b [091/11 – 097/27]
 § 13a [090/01 – 091/11]
 § 13e [106/10 – 113/21]

5) 350 to 50 BCE (68 pages)
 § 14ab [113/23 – 118/31]
 § 14e [130/21 – 131/25]
 § 16d [163/10 – 168/19]
 § 14d [120/10 – 130/20]
 § 14c [118/32 – 120/10]
 § 14f [131/26 – 133/26]
 § 15a [133/17 – 134/21]
 § 16abc [143/01 – 163/09]
 § 15d [142/01 – 142/32]
 § 17 – 19 [168/20 – 210/32]

Other

6) Mythology, theology, teachings (24 pages)
 §2abc [005/30 – 011/11]
 §6 [045/01 – 047/04]
 §13cd [097/29 – 106/09]
 §15b [134/22 – 141/25]

7) Laws, regulations, justice (27 pages)
 §2d – 4c [011/13 – 033/21]
 §5 [040/11 – 044/27]


CONTENT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - manuscript [page/line]

Letters of Instruction 
 A Hidde Oera Linda, 1256 CE- - - - - - [00a/01] - [00a/23]
 B Liko Ovira Linda, 803 CE - - - - - - [00b/01] - [00b/25]

The Book of Adela Followers
 1 - Introduction
 -a- Council in Confusion, ca. 560 BCE- [001/01] - [001/15]
 -b- Adela’s Advice - - - - - - - - - - [001/16] - [005/08]
 -c- Names of the Reeves- - - - - - - - [005/08] - [005/28]
 2 - On the Walls of Three Burgs
 -a- Vesta, Take up your Stylus - - - - [005/30] - [006/11]
 -b- Our Primal History - - - - - - - - [006/12] - [006/32]
 -c1 Lyda was Black - - - - - - - - - - [007/01] - [007/29]
 --2 Finda was Yellow - - - - - - - - - [007/30] - [009/17]
 --3 Frya was White - - - - - - - - - - [009/18] - [011/11]
 -d- Frya’s Tex - - - - - - - - - - - - [011/13] - [014/08]
 -e1 Vesta: Laws- - - - - - - - - - - - [014/09] - [014/22]
 --2 Vesta: Frya’s Day - - - - -  - - - [014/23] - [014/31]
 3 - Laws and Regulations
 -a- Burg Laws- - - - - - - - - - - - - [015/01] - [019/07]
 -b- General Laws - - - - - - - - - - - [019/08] - [021/14]
 -c1 Laws for Army and War- - - - - - - [021/15] - [023/06]
 --2 Mother and Kings at War- - - - - - [023/07] - [025/03]
 --3 Security and War Aftermath - - - - [025/04] - [026/20]
 4 - From Minos' Writings
 -a- Minos: Preventing War- - - - - - - [026/21] - [027/10]
 -b- Laws for the Steersmen - - - - - - [027/12] - [029/10]
 -c1 Minos: Useful Precedents - - - - - [029/12] - [031/03]
 --2 Minos: Laws- - - - - - - - - - - - [031/04] - [032/01]
 --3 Minos: Aewa- - - - - - - - - - - - [032/01] - [033/21]
 -d- Minos: Minerva - - - - - - - - - - [033/22] - [039/05]
 -e- Minos: Kreta - - - - - - - - - - - [039/05] - [040/10]
 5 - Justice
 -a1 Three Principles - - - - - - - - - [040/11] - [040/25]
 --2 Regulations and Penalties- - - - - [040/26] - [042/09]
 -b1 Punishments for Wrathful People- - [042/10] - [042/32]
 --2 Punishments for Evildoers- - - - - [043/01] - [044/06]
 -c- Three Thieves- - - - - - - - - - - [044/07] - [044/27]
 6-- Yule, Script, Numbers- - - - - - - [045/01] - [047/04]
 7 - Inscribed on all Burgs
 -a- Before the Bad Times - - - - - - - [047/06] - [049/11]
 -b- How Aldland Sank, ca. 2190 BCE - - [049/11] - [050/18]
 8 - Inscribed on the Treasureburg
 -a- Magyars and Finns, ca. 2090 BCE- - [050/19] - [053/12]
 -b1 Wodin and the Magus- - - - - - - - [053/12] - [056/20]
 --2 Tunis and Inka Depart- - - - - - - [056/21] - [057/32]
 --3 Tunis and the Thyrians - - - - - - [058/01] - [060/11]
 -c- The Idolatrous Gols- - - - - - - - [060/12] - [061/27]
 9 - Conflict and Migration, ca. 1630 BCE
 -a1 The War of Kelta and Minerva - - - [061/28] - [065/14]
 -a2 Jon's Revenge- - - - - - - - - - - [065/15] - [066/15]
 -a3 Kelta and the Gols - - - - - - - - [066/15] - [068/16]
 -b- Jon and Minerva Resettle - - - - - [068/17] - [071/29]
 -c- The Gerdmen Move to Punjab - - - - [072/05] - [075/07]
10 - On the Eastern Wall of Fryasburg, ca. 1190 BCE
 -a- Ulysus' Quest for a Lamp - - - - - [075/08] - [076/21]
 -b- Athenia: Racemixing and Decadence- [076/22] - [079/10]
11 - Written on all Burgs, ca. 590 BCE
 -a- Denmarks Lost- - - - - - - - - - - [079/11] - [081/32]
 -b- Death of Frana - - - - - - - - - - [082/01] - [085/11]
 -c- Death of the Magus - - - - - - - - [085/12] - [087/18]

Added by Oera Lindas 
12-- Adelbrost: Intrigues and Division- [087/19] - [089/32]
13 - Added by Apollonia
 -a- Apollania: Adel-Bond Alliance- - - [090/01] - [091/11]
 -b1 Bruno: A Treacherous Maiden- - - - [091/11] - [093/17]
 --2 Death of Adela - - - - - - - - - - [093/18] - [095/19]
 --3 Ode to Adela - - - - - - - - - - - [095/20] - [097/27]
 -c1 Primal Teachings 1 - - - - - - - - [097/29] - [099/32]
 --2 Primal Teachings 2 - - - - - - - - [100/01] - [103/25]
 -d- The Unsociable Man - - - - - - - - [103/26] - [106/09]
 -e1 Apollonia’s Burg - - - - - - - - - [106/10] - [108/27]
 --2 Apollonia’s Journey- - - - - - - - [108/28] - [113/21]
14 - Added by Frederick
 -a- Frederick: Fryasland Swamped - - - [113/23] - [117/20]
 -b- Gosa: Expulsion of the Blacks- - - [117/20] - [118/31]
 -c- A Fleet Arrives- - - - - - - - - - [118/32] - [120/10]
 -d1 Alexander the King - - - - - - - - [120/10] - [125/05]
 --2 Demetrius and Friso- - - - - - - - [125/05] - [130/20]
 -e- Northland- - - - - - - - - - - - - [130/21] - [131/25]
 -f- Defects of the Brokmen - - - - - - [131/26] - [133/26]
15 - Added by Wilyo
 -a- Wilyo from the Saxonmarks- - - - - [133/17] - [134/21]
 -b1 Helena: Princes and Priests- - - - [134/22] - [136/07]
 --2 Yesus or Buddha of Kashmir - - - - [136/08] - [141/25]
 -c- Frana’s Will - - - - - - - - - - - [141/26] - [142/01]
 -d- Gosa’s Will- - - - - - - - - - - - [142/01] - [142/32]
16 - Added by Conrad
 -a- Conrad: Canals and Dykes - - - - - [143/01] - [144/16]
 -b1 Friso: Alliances- - - - - -- - - - [144/17] - [150/19]
 --2 Friso: Praise and Suspicion- - - - [150/19] - [154/17]
 --3 Adel and Ifkia - - - - - - - - - - [154/17] - [157/32]
 -c- Gosa: Purity of Language - - - - - [157/32] - [163/09]
 -d- Ludger: Punjab Report- - - - - - - [163/10] - [168/19]
17-- Bede, Son of Haehgan - - - - - - - [168/20] - [168/32]
 (missing pages: 20)
18-- Rika: Stealing of Titles - - - - - [189/01] - [192/32]
 (missing pages: 2)
19 - The Fourth King after Friso
 -a- Askar Prepares for War - - - - - - [195/01] - [198/19]
 -b- Streams of Blood - - - - - - - - - [198/19] - [202/06]
 -c- Reyntia’s Dream- - - - - - - - - - [202/06] - [204/32]
 -d- Askar Lost to Idolatry - - - - - - [205/01] - [207/14]
 -e- How Punishment Came- - - - - - - - [207/14] - [208/17]
 -f- Askar’s Failure- - - - - - - - - - [208/17] - [210/32]
 (missing pages: ?)

Inventory of other Oera Linda translations

[some edits  June, '24 and April '25] 

*** for a list of online publications about Oera Linda, go here ***

Mine (read online or buy printed copy/PDF) is the first English translation straight from the original language, as the one by Sandbach (1876) was based on the first Dutch one by Ottema (1872). The Sandbach translation was the basis for most other (non-Dutch/German) ones. The Pierce version (1983), intended to “produce the greatest possible likeness of the original text”, can hardly be considered a translation as its English is terribly broken.

Earlier translations (known to me) that were straight from the original language are:

Dutch:
Ottema - 1872, 1876
Overwijn - 1941, 1951
Jensma - 2006 (1)
De Heer - 2008 (2)
(1) This is the only translation that was based on the assumption that the text is a 19th Century forgery, meant as a joke.
(2) Translation is mostly based on Overwijn but uses unique Yule-font for transcription of the original text.

German:

Wirth - 1933 (some parts were left out)
Sturm - 1959
Schröder - 1987

Menkens - 2013

Norse and improvised English:
Lien - 2013 (web-only)

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Chronological list of Oera Linda translations (incomplete)

year	author	language	title	publisher
1872/ 1876	J.G. Ottema	Dutch	Thet Oera Linda Bok	H. Kuipers, Leeuwarden (1, 2)
1876	W.R. Sandbach(1)	English	The Oera Linda Book	Trübner & co., London
1933	H. Wirth(2)	German	Die Ura Linda Chronik	Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig
1941/ 1951	J.F. Overwijn	Dutch	Het Oera Linda Boek	N.V. Enkhuizer Courant/ Chefferd/ web-PDF
1959	E. Sturm	German	Die Oera Linda Handschriften	typewriter copy
1983	F.H. Pierce	English	The Œra Linda Book	typewriter copy
1992	U. & J. Hamilton	Swedish	Oera-Linda : en Fornfrisisk Krönika	Cradle Publications
1998	A. Snyman	Afrikaans	Die Oera Linda boek	Vaandel-Uitgewers, Mosselbaai
2004	A. Soldani	Italian	Oera Linda il libro, pagine di storia dimenticate	web-only
2006	G. Jensma	Dutch	Het Oera Linda-boek	Verloren, Hilversum
2007	J. Fermaut(3)	French	Le livre des Oera Linda	selfpublished, Bierne
2008	S. de Heer(4)	Dutch	Ћet Oera Linda Bok	self-published, Amsterdam
2012	A. Pietrykowska	Polish	Ksiñega Oera Linda	Armoryka, Sandomierz
2013	H. Menkens	German	Die Oera-Linda-Handschriften	Lühe-Verlag, Süderbrarup
2013	H. Garbho	Spanish	Oera Linda	Aurea Catena Editores, Chile
2013	H.O. Lien	Norse/ (English)	Oera Linda-boka/ (The Oera Linda Book)	web-only
2017	D. Campayo Bustos	Spanish	Oera Linda - un manuscrito del siglio XIII	web-only
2018	Adel Brost (pseudonym)	German	Oera Linda Buch	web-only
2020	Ανωνυμου	Greek	Το βιβλίο του Oera Linda - Μαρτυρες Της Αντλαντιδας	Υπατια Λυδια
2021/ 2022	Jan Ott	English	Codex Oera Linda (various editions)	oeralinda.org

(1) Translation of Ottema (1872).
(2) Wirth left out some parts.
(3) Translation of Ottema (1876?).
(4) Bewerking van Overwijn (1951).

Note: the English translation that was published as an appendix to "Survivors of the Great Tsunami" (2010/2011) and "Chronicles from pre-Celtic Europe" (renamed third edition, 2014), self-published by A.J. Raubenheimer were edited versions of the Sandbach translation.

Some of the translations in my collection:

Other: