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*Flevoland doesn’t have a long history, so it doesn’t have a long history of emigration either. When the dike turned the sea into a lake, many fishermen around the new IJsselmeer lost their jobs. Many of them left the region to find a new life. Quite a few went to Twente and the neighboring German area where there was plenty of work to be found in the textiles factories. <br> | *Flevoland doesn’t have a long history, so it doesn’t have a long history of emigration either. When the dike turned the sea into a lake, many fishermen around the new IJsselmeer lost their jobs. Many of them left the region to find a new life. Quite a few went to Twente and the neighboring German area where there was plenty of work to be found in the textiles factories. <br> | ||
[[Image:2017-P12-Flevoland.jpg|580x580px]] | [[Image:2017-P12-Flevoland.jpg|right|580x580px]] | ||
== Websites== | == Websites== | ||
*[http://www.nieuwlanderfgoed.nl/english New Land Heritage Center, genealogical records for Urk and Schokland]. | *[http://www.nieuwlanderfgoed.nl/english New Land Heritage Center, genealogical records for Urk and Schokland]. | ||