Researching Johan Velde
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Records of Johan Velde on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johan Velde and the Velde Genealogy
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Velde Forums
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Miscellaneous Velde Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Johan Velde. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Johan Velde
Johan van der Velde
Johan van der Velde (born 12 December 1956 in Rijsbergen) is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year. In the 1981 Tour de France, he took first place on the second and 21st stages, finishing 12th overall for the second year. He rode with TI–Raleigh in the Tour de France from 1979 to 1983 and the Panasonic team where he won Stage 5 and wore the Yellow Jersey for two days in the 1986 Tour de France.
Source: Johan van der Velde, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Velde
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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