Hi

I am not related but found some info about the de Groot / de Heer family


1 Abe de Heer, born on 30-07-1897 in New Jersey.

Generation 2 (parents)

2 Jan (John) de Heer, born on 19-11-1870 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland).
emigration:
Arrived in New York on 26 Aug 1893.
Ship of Travel: Rotterdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam.
He married, at the age of 25, on 31-12-1895 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey the 22-year-old
3 Eeke de Groot, born on 10-10-1873 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland).
emigration:
Eeke de Groot and her sister Hendrikje arrived in New York on 12 May 1893.
Ship of Travel: Werkendam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam.

Child born of this marriage:

I. Abe de Heer, born on 30-07-1897 in New Jersey (see 1).


Generation 3 (grandparents)

4 Abe de Heer, born on 27-01-1836 in Wartena municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland). Abe died on 01-12-1920 in Grouw municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland), aged 84.
Occupation:
fisher
Abe was widower of Akke Jans de Boer (1831-1862), whom he married (1), at the age of 24, on 25-04-1860 in Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).
He married (2), at the age of 27, on 30-05-1863 in Barradeel (province of Friesland) the 24-year-old
5 Antje Teunis Bloemsma, born on 29-05-1839 in Westdongeradeel (province of Friesland). Antje died on 08-10-1922 in Grouw municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland), aged 83.


Children born of this marriage:
I. Sytske de Heer, born on 26-05-1864 in Grouw municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland). Sytske died on 17-04-1866 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland), aged 1.
II. Teunis de Heer, born on 16-07-1865 in Grouw municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).
emigration:
Emigrated with wife and children to the US around 1898.
In 1920 they lived in New Jersey.
At the age of 23, Teunis married Intje Bokma on 11-05-1889 in Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).
III. Sytske de Heer, born on 04-05-1867 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland). Sytske died on 06-05-1919 in Grouw municipality Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland), aged 52.
emigration:
Sytske and her husband and children stayed in the Netherlands.
At the age of 24, Sytske married Wybe Feenstra on 16-05-1891 in Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).
IV. Siemkje de Heer, born on 19-09-1868 in Weidum municipality Baarderadeel (province of Friesland).
emigration:
Siemkje de Heer and husband and children stayed in the Netherlands.
the age of 26, Siemkje married Pier van der Zee on 25-05-1895 in Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).
V. Jan (John) de Heer, born on 19-11-1870 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland) (see 2).
VI. Jelke de Heer, born on 16-02-1875 in Leek (province of Groningen). Jelke died on 04-03-1878 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland), aged 3.
VII. Egbert (Edward / Albert) de Heer, born on 27-04-1877 in Irnsum Municipality Rauwerderhem (province of Friesland).
emigration:
Emigrated in 1897 to the US. He first lived in New Jersey.
In 1920 in Chicago.
VIII. Abe de Heer, born on 22-02-1882 in Groningen (province of Groningen).
emigration:
Abe de Heer and his wife and children emigrated in 1913 to the US
Ship of Travel: Postdam, Date of Arrival 20 Mar 1913
On the ship manifest the said they were going to his brother Egbert de Heer in New Jersey. In 1920 the family lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
At the age of 21, Abe married Rigtje van der Veen on 13-02-1904 in Idaarderadeel (province of Friesland).


6 Douwe de Groot, born on 13-12-1832 in Sint Annaparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland). Douwe died on 20-04-1902 in New Jersey, aged 69. He was buried in Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Bergen County, New Jersey.
Occupation:
laborer
He married, at the age of 39, on 18-07-1872 in Het Bildt (province of Friesland) the 29-year-old
7 Hendrikje de Jong, born on 23-02-1843 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland). Hendrikje died on 11-05-1881 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland), aged 38.
Hendrikje de Jong was born in 1843 as Hendrikje Bosje. Her mother Eke Hendriks Bosje was not married. When Eke Bosje married Dirk de Jong her new husband recognized (in Dutch: Erkenning) Hendrikje as his own child.

Children born of this marriage:
I. Jan de Groot, born on 26-10-1872 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland).
He problaby emigrated to the USA.
II. Eeke de Groot, born on 10-10-1873 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland) (see 3).
III. Maartje de Groot, born on 06-05-1875 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland).
She problaby emigrated to the USA.
IV. Hendrikje de Groot, born on 10-06-1878 in Sint Jacobiparochie municipality Het Bildt (province of Friesland). At the age of 16, Hendrikje married frederick Hennekam, aged about 20, on 12-12-1894 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. frederick was born around 1874 in Netherlands.

Found a lot of info on:
http://www.genlias.nl/en/page0.jsp
(national Dutch database containing the Civil Register. Database is in development and not yet complete. New information is added frequently) available in English

http://www.allefriezen.nl/en.html
provincial database of the province of Friesland with original birth marriage and death certificates online (in English also not yet complete)

http://www.tresoar.nl/
provincial database of the province of Friesland (In english also with data before 1811 / not yet complete)

There is a great website with a list of all the Free digital resources of the Netherlands and Belgium (and there are a lot of free resources in the Netherlands). It is available in English and almost every day there are more free resources added.
http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html