Leuven, 25 april 2013Jan D’hondt

Jules Van Praet, 1806-1887,The first appointedcity archivist (1830)

Established in 1993 – in 2013: 450 members

The ‘first-rate’ source/record,

the Registers of the

‘Zestendelen’,

started in 1580 and

kept up till the end of the18th century.

Page 1638 containsthe registrations of the house ‘De Ooievaar’ (the stork)

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Visits

Ref[OLV/0857]Dat[20-11-1581]Aard[verdeling]Part[Verdeling tussen de weduwe en de

erfgenamen van Philips Bus waarbij overeengekomen wordt dat de weduwe dit huis volledig in eigendom krijgt.]

Klerk[Jan Spetael]

2000: 1 PC

2004: 4 terminals2008: 6 terminals

33 volunteers

11 homeworkers and 22

22 volunteers working on the spot = 3 full-time jobs

24 ♂ and 9 ♀

Age between 25 and 85!

1. Varied offer of projects2. Social community3. Making their work accessible as soon as

possible4. Newsletter to communicate about their work5. Celebrate the end of a project6. The volunteers take part in activities of the

Circle of friends7. Less formal approach8. Showing our appreciation, not by a fixed

payment9. One member of the staff coordinates the

volunteers work

1. Varied offer 2. Social community3. Making their work accessible as soon as

possible4. Newsletter to communicate about their work5. Celebrate the end of a project6. The volunteers take part in activities of the

Circle of friends7. Less formal approach8. Showing our appreciation, not by a fixed

payment9. One member of the staff coordinates the

volunteer work

1. Varied offer 2. Social community3. Making their work accessible as soon as

possible4. Newsletter to communicate about their work5. Celebrate the end of a project6. The volunteers take part in activities of the

Circle of friends7. Less formal approach8. Showing our appreciation, not by a fixed

payment9. One member of the staff coordinates the

volunteers work