The listing includes mostly website pages that contain text information or photos related to families or individuals. Links in the photography section (section 7) refer to image collections that reflect my interpretation of photographic art. Red links refer to pages or albums on this website (Greywill). Blue links connect to albums on Google Photos.
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Bill and Dixie’s ancestry Bill and Dixie’s children Bill and Dixie’s life
Grandma Harriet Wierenga Special birthdays and family events
Memories of siblings Photography Travel Miscellaneous
1. Bill and Dixie’s ancestry
The Vanden Borns 1872-1983 (photobook pages)
The Vanden Borns 1872-1983, pages annotated with names
My grandparents Willem and Gijsje van den Born’s 40th 1942, a story in Dutch
My parents’ 50th anniversary 1980 – audio recordings
My parents’ 50th anniversary 1980 – ‘How it all began’, 24 pages
Obituary Dad Vanden Born
Obituary Mom Vanden Born
The Vanden Born and Nijboer line (24 pages, by Jack Vanden Born)
Three Vanden Born stories (by Jack Vanden Born)
Dad Vanden Born’s letters and diaries 1949-1980
Vanden Born ancestry photos from the vdborn.org website
Vanden Born 1989 reunion video
Van’t Land family history (Alice Van’t Land was my dad’s sister)
Van’t Land family photos
Cees Van’t Land’s story
Bill’s ancestry photos
Dixie’s ancestry photos
Dixie’s history
2. Bill and Dixie’s children
Karen 1959-61 Karen 1962-64 Karen 1965-70 Karen 1971-77
Karen 1978-90 Karen 1991-2005 Karen photo book 1959-2019
Mark 1961-65 Mark 1966-69 Mark 1970-71 Mark 1972-76
Mark 1977-84 Mark 1984-05 Mark photobook 1961-2020
Mark and Debbie family photos 2021
Ann 1961-63 Ann 1963-64 Ann 1965-68 Ann 1969-71
Ann 1972-79 Ann 1980-2005 Ann photobook 1961-2019
Joan 1963-64 Joan 1965-68 Joan 1969-70 Joan 1970-79
Joan 1980-05 Joan photobook 1963-2019
Elaine 1971-72 Elaine 1972-74 Elaine 1975-78 Elaine 1979-84
Elaine 1985-2005 Elaine photobook 1971-2019 Elaine’s life 1971-2005
3. Bill and Dixie’s life
Bill’s time line 1930-2022 (pdf)
Bill’s autobiography, ‘Destinations . . . ‘, 2011 (pdf)
Bill’s ‘Further destinations’, 2020 (pdf)
Wedding photos Bill and Dixie 6 June 1958
Bill and Dixie’s 25th wedding anniversary 1983
Bill and Dixie’s 50th anniversary 2008
Bill and Dixie’s 55th anniversary 2013
Cards and notes 27 August 2022
Bill’s Life 1932-39 Bill’s Life 1939-58 Bill’s Life 1958-61 Bill’s Life 1962-70
Bill’s Life 1971-80 Bill’s Life 1981-90 Bill’s Life 91-95 Bill’s Life 1996-2000
Bill’s Life 2001-05 Bill’s Life 2006-12 Photobook Bill and Dixie 2018
Dixie’s life 1935-58 Dixie’s life 1958-85 Dixie’s life 1986-2000
Dixie’s life since 2000
More photos Bill 2000-2016 (47)
More photos Dixie 1954-2018 (51)
More photos Bill and Dixie 1985-2018 (55)
More family photos from 1963 to 2006, added in 2023 (40)
Family photos by Elaine, mostly 2015
Bill and Dixie’s family (8 box links to family events)
The Vanden Born side, 15 box links, including 5 ‘memories’ links
Photos from Bill’s working life
Reunion of the Ag class of 1956
Awards and recognition clippings
Family photos in local park 12 Oct 2013
Family photos by Curtis Wierenga 10 April 2016 (6)
Interview transcripts Bill, 28 pages
Interview transcripts Dixie, 17 pages
4. Grandma Harriet Wierenga
Wierenga and Westra ancestry chart
The Wierenga-Westra side, 4 box links
Harriet Wierenga née Westra 1916-2017, 10 box links
Harriet Wierenga at 98
Harriet Wierenga at 100
Harriet Wierenga’s 100th birthday
‘The Teacher’, poem by Ann
Harriet Wierenga’s story, by Ann (1996)
Grandma’s paintings (11)
Harriet Wierenga suite 205
Harriet Wierenga burial 1 September 2017
Harriet Wierenga obituary
Additional photos Harriet Wierenga 2012 to 2017 (23)
Mom Wierenga’s album photos part 1
Mom Wierenga’s album photos part 2
Mom Wierenga’s album photos part 3
5. Special birthdays and family events
Karen at 50
Mark, Debbie, Andrew, Ann at 50
Joan, Duncan at 50
Family at Vaseaux Lake 2008
Family brunch 14 April 2012
Family Christmas 2012
Vanden Born sibling lunch 10 September 2012
Family brunch April 2015
Vanden Born reunion McQueen 16 September 2018
Vanden Born family dates (pdf)
Wierenga family dates (pdf)
Westra family dates (pdf)
Clarence and Jean’s wedding 1971
Photos from Bertha’s albums 2017
6. Memories of siblings or their spouses
Memories of Andrew, Carolyn, and Gladys Wierenga (1963)
Memories of George (1976), John (2013}, JohnJ (2014), Wilco (2015), Sophie (2016)
Memories of Bertha (2021)
Memories of Peter Wierenga (2023), Album 1 Album 2
7. Photography
Photo art 1 (30 box links)
Photo art 2 (21 box links)
Other photo art (links to 6 collections
Photo Books 2020 (links to 12 books)
In Black and White (24 galleries)
In Black and White (photobook pages)
Symmetrical Images (72 images plus a link to 165 more images)
Twists and Turns (12 galleries)
Competition themes IACC 2007-2023
Photo entries IACC (box links by year to 17 collections)
Photo entries IACC (year links to 17 galleries)
Card photos 2017-2021 (4 galleries)
8. Travel
Travel 1958 to 2016 (34 box links)
Travel 2007 to 2016 (26 box links)
Travel albums added 2019, Texas 2015a (241) and Texas 2015b (54)
Travel Canada 1960-2006 (3 collections)
Travel diaries 1964-2005 (22 links)
9. Miscellaneous albums and files
Site map outline
Site map detailed listing (pdf)
Nativity set display West End CRC 2012
West End CRC albums on Google (links to 41 collections)
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