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My name is Ingrid Frank née Münch and I am the Webmaster of this site.

The Family Tree and Family History on this website are about the ancestry of my son Andrew Marc Frank.  On his mother's side the tree is very large and goes back many centuries; it is therefore called 'Stamboom Munch' (stamboom means family tree in Dutch).  It includes the names Munch, Mac Gillavry, Soesman, de Vicq de Cumptich, van Heek, van Kuyk, Lammers van Toorenburg, von Winckelman, Kuehr and many more.  On his father's side much less is known--about 7 generations' worth.  Included are the names Frank, Hillels, Holtz, Garry, Kofsky, Schoener, Kellerman.

TO GET TO THE FAMILY TREE, CLICK ON Family Tree IN THE BLUE TOOLBAR UNDER THE TREE ICON on this Home page or on the FAMILY TREE PICTURE in the middle of this Home page.  In the lower right corner of the Family Tree page there is a choice of 'Classic view' and 'Modern view'.  The 'classic view' is easier on the eyes and to navigate, but from the 'modern view' a person's 'Profile page', which has all biographical information, can be accessed directly by clicking on 'View profile' in the information box on the left.  *If your name is in the Family Tree:  on the Family Tree page (classic view), click HOME (the little house icon at the top of the page) and your card should appear as the home or root person.*

The starting points of the Family Tree are my parents.  Because that side (Munch) of the tree is so large, their GIVEN NAMES are in all CAPITALS.  All the GIVEN NAMES of their direct ancestors are also in CAPITALS.  This makes it easy for their direct descendants to trace their lineage on the Family Tree and in the family listings.

To get to the FRANKSIDE OF THE FAMILY TREE, find my card (first child of my parents JOHAN and JEANNE Munch-van Kuyk), then click on my husband (Harold Frank) and up or down from there.

TO ACCESS THE PICTURE ALBUMS, CLICK ON Photos & Videos IN THE BLUE TOOLBAR UNDER THE TREE ICON on this Home page or on the PHOTO ALBUM PICTURE in the middle of this Home page. On the left of the 'Photos and Videos' page is a listing of all the virtual albums.  Use the scroller to the right of this list to get to the album you want.  The family albums on my son's PATERNAL side have the word FRANKSIDE in front of the title.

To view a picture FULL-SIZE, click (if you use Google Chrome) or control+click (if you use Internet Explorer) on the 'View full size' icon in the picture toolbar.

Several albums are accessible to site members only. 

BIOGRAPHY ON PROFILE--INFO PAGE

If on the Family Tree somebody's name is between asterisks (like so:  *HUYBERTUS Horst*), it means the person has more information in her or his PROFILE in the BIOGRAPHY section of the INFO page, sometimes brief, sometimes voluminous, sometimes a juicy tidbit, but always interesting.  It is directly accessible on the Family Tree-MODERN VIEW by clicking VIEW PROFILE in the person's INFORMATION on the left then scrolling down to the bottom section of the INFO page.  On the Family Tree--CLASSIC VIEW, click on PEOPLE in the toolbar; on the next page type the person's first name (more if you remember correctly) in the search bar and hit 'return'.  A list will appear.  Find the person, click 'More' then 'Profile page' and scroll down to the bottom of the INFO page.  If you want to browse all the biographical notes at once, on both classic and modern versions of the Family Tree page, click on 'PEOPLE' at the top left.  On the next screen (click All before A if necessary), sort by first name and all the folks between asterisks will appear first in alphabetical order.  To read a person's biographical information, click on 'More...' on the right, then click on 'Profile page' and scroll to bottom section of the INFO page.   Click PEOPLE in toolbar to get back to the list of names.

If a person is tagged on a picure in one of the virtual albums, click on 'More info' then 'Profile Page' and scroll down to the biography section at the bottom of the page.

This looks very complicated, but actually is very simple once you have done it a few times.

FAMILY HISTORY:  Our family history is called FAMILY MATTERS and is accessible on this website.  It consists of seven Chapters, two Addenda, a file reserved for 'Frankside' stories and two Appendices containing sources and additional material not in the narrative proper.

To view and read FAMILY MATTERS, scroll to the bottom of this Home Page, to the News Articles section, and click on whatever Chapter you want there and on the next screen click on the PDF Document icon in the upper right-hand corner and OPEN.  Or click on Apps on the far right in the BLUE TOOL BAR at the top of this Home page, then on Articles on the next page.  After choosing the Chapter on the list that you want to read by clicking on it or clicking VIEW, click on the PDF Document icon in the upper right-hand corner and OPEN.  When you are done, just Close (X).  No need to save.  The list in the bottom section of this Home Page only accommodates 10 (ten) items, so for the full list (15 items) of Chapters, Addenda and Appendices, please click Apps on the far right in the BLUE TOOL BAR at the top of this Home page, then on Articles on the next page.

Chapter Six: Holland and Chapter Seven: America are accessible to site members only.  They are not listed on the Home Page, but can be accessed by site members on the full list of Articles under Apps (Items 9 and 10).

This site was last updated on Feb 14 2012, and it currently has 132 registered members. If you are on this site as a guest and would like to become a member, request membership or send me your e-mail address.  If you are family or a friend, you are in.  If you are not, I'll consider it.

The Munch Family History Site was created using MyHeritage.com. If you have any comments or feedback about this site, please contact me at jingridf@yahoo.com. 

Enjoy (I hope)!