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Navigate and extract data from hansknijff.com, Hans Knijff's genealogy website covering the Knijff/de Knijf/van der Knijff family. Use when: researching Knijff ancestors, cross-referencing the Woerden Knijff line, looking up source documents, or checking name variant connections. The site uses HTML framesets — always fetch the inner frame URL (without "frameset" in the name) to get actual content.
npx skillsauth add rdeknijf/ai-genealogy-kit hansknijff-comInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Hans Knijff's personal genealogy website. Covers Knijff families primarily from the Woerden/Linschoten/Harmelen area, 1545–present. Last updated Jan 2026.
Contact: [email protected]
The site uses old-style HTML framesets. URLs containing "frameset" return only layout code with no genealogical data. Always strip "frameset" from the URL to get the actual content page.
Example:
familie knijff-000994-pframeset.htm?familie knijff-000994-p.htmfamilie knijff-000994-p.htmPattern: take the filename after the ? in the frameset URL.
| Section | Content URL (use this, not frameset) |
|---------|--------------------------------------|
| Parenteel Arien Knijff | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-000994-p.htm |
| Parenteel Jan van Kempen | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-000398-p.htm |
| Kwartierstaat Hans | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-0000069-k.htm |
| Kwartierstaat Martha | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-0000082-k.htm |
| Stamreeks Hans | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-000069-0-s.htm |
| Stamreeks Martha | https://hansknijff.com/stamboom%20knijff/familie%20knijff-000082-0-s.htm |
| Section | Content URL |
|---------|------------|
| Familie Achterberg | https://hansknijff.com/achterberg/familie%20knijff-000851-p.htm |
| Familie van der Vloedt | https://hansknijff.com/vloed/familie%20knijff%202013-000978-p.htm |
| Familie Bos | https://hansknijff.com/bos/familie%20knijff-000759-p.htm |
| Section | Content URL |
|---------|------------|
| Knijff Harmelen | https://hansknijff.com/Knijff%20Harmelen/knijff%20harmelen-000876-p.htm |
| Knijff Utrecht (16th c.) | https://hansknijff.com/Knijff%20Utrecht/knijff%20utrecht%20booth3start.htm |
| Section | URL |
|---------|-----|
| Name variants (Naamsverschrijvingen) | https://hansknijff.com/Knijffdeknijff/index.html |
| Booth Collection | https://www.hansknijff.com/Booth/index.html |
| Maria Knijff mystery | https://hansknijff.com/MariaKnijff/index.html |
| Documents archive (page 1) | https://hansknijff.com/dossiers/page1.html |
| Documents archive (page 2) | https://hansknijff.com/dossiers/page2.html |
| Documents archive (page 3) | https://hansknijff.com/dossiers/page3.html |
| Documents archive (page 4) | https://hansknijff.com/dossiers/page4.html |
The largest section. Descends from Aert Knijff (~1545) through 8+ generations. Covers the Woerden tile baker families and all branches including the Delft "van der Knijff" and Alphen "de Knijf" offshoots. A GEDCOM export of this tree is available for download on the site.
Different Knijff family from Gijsbert Knijff (~1620, Reijerscop). Catholic (vs. Protestant Woerden line). Covers 9 generations. Concentrated in Harmelen, Veldhuizen, Reijerscop, Montfoort area.
Based on Het Utrechts Archief materials collected by Booth. Traces Knijffs back to 1108 (Ausfridus Knijff as witness to Bishop of Utrecht). Connects to Antwerp (~1575), Friesland branches. Oldest known Knijff records.
143+ digitized primary sources across 4 pages, 1600–2008. Includes: notarial acts, baptism/marriage/death records, transport acts, VOC crew lists, guardianship documents, family registers, photos. Most from Woerden regional archive (W054 series).
Jan Pieterse Knijff (b. Utrecht 16 Sep 1742, d. Koudekerk Dec 1806) is the branching point. When he moved to Alphen aan den Rijn, civil registry officials changed the name to "de Knijf" (added prefix, dropped second f). See the "Naamsverschrijvingen" page on the site for the full analysis.
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Search indexed person records at Streekarchief Midden-Holland (samh.nl) via the Memorix Genealogy REST API. No browser automation needed — returns structured JSON in ~50ms per query. Based in Gouda, covers municipalities: Gouda, Haastrecht, Schoonhoven, Waddinxveen, Noord-Waddinxveen, Moerkapelle, Moordrecht, Ammerstol, Broek, Vlist, and surrounding areas in the Midden-Holland region of South Holland. 3M+ person records with DTB (doop/trouw/begraven), BS (geboorte/huwelijk/overlijden), and Inschrijvingaktes. 36 Knijf results found, including Gijsbert de Knijf records in Gouda and van der Knijf in Waddinxveen. Scans available for most records. Triggers on: "search Gouda archive", "Streekarchief Midden-Holland", "SAMH", "Haastrecht records", "Schoonhoven records", "/streekarchief-midden-holland", or any genealogy research in the Gouda/Midden-Holland area. No login required. Parallelizable — run multiple queries simultaneously.