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	The Family names mentioned at this site are listed here. More information at the Name Index! Van der Aar, Abel, Anacker, Analbers, Aschenbach, Ayling, Babcock, Bakker, Bank, Basoeki, Basolt, Baum, Beenders, Bellefroid, Berends, Berige, Berkenbosch, Berkhout, Beumer, Bierboom, Biser(In) or Birser, Borgers, Van Den Bosch, Bo(l)the, Bottelier, Bouwhuis, Ter Braak, Braakman, Brauchle, Ten Brinke, Bults, Burckhardt, Burghard, Burns, Buskermolen, Bussink, Büszer, Büszkönning, Calvin, Campfens, Carrington, Casser, Colignon, Coolman, Cos, Decker, Dedding, Deerenberg, Degeling, Dellit, Dellith, Derkink, Van Deursen, Dicker, Diedrich, Dietz, Dittmar, Dörenberg, Dörfler, Dowling, Dünnen, Dunselman, Van Duren, Eckard, Eckert, Ederveen, Egberink, Ehrlich, Van den Eijkel, Eisenacher, Fahnenbruck, Fatag, Faust, Feldmann, Fischer, Fitzgerald, Flaxmeyer, Flynn, Franken, Fuchs, Funck, Funk, Garritsen, Garty, Geigengack, George, Gerrits, Gerritsen, Giegengack, Giegenjack, Giezen, Gigengack, Gildehaus, Glaeser, Goeken, Grabmeier, Groothoff, Grunder, Günther, Hacker, Hahn, Hartmann, Hater, Hebing, Helbich, Hendriks, Herbach, Herberger, Herz, Hoefsmit, Hoenderdos, Hofmann, Hones, Van Hooren, Hubes, Huisman, Hüls, Ibensen, Ihling, Ißläuber, Ißleiber, Issleuber, Jensen, Jetses, Jochims, Johansen, De Jong, Jukes, Julliuson, Jungkamp, Jureller, Kalbert, Kapp, Kastein, Kaufmann, Kemp, Kerstholt, Kjerulff, Klein, Kleinkes, Knabe, Knoll, Knote, Koekenbier, Königin, Köning, Konings, Körber, Van Kordelaar, Korstjens, Kost, Kratz, Krieger, Kronenberg, Kroon, Kühn, Laar, Van der Landen, Landers, Van Langen, Lankhorst, Lanooy, Leander, Leijh, Leijssenaar, Leonhart, Liddell, Lieber, Lokker, Van Lommel, Lucas, Luchtmans, Van Lunenburg, Mäder, Markslag, Marr, Marshall, Martin, McNabb, Megdfeßels, Melis, Menting, Merckel, Meulenbroek, Möller, Morrison, Mulder, Müller, Van Munster, Neydhardt, Nielsen, Nieman, Nieuwenhuizen, Nijland, Obdam, Opgelder, Oude Lansink, Den Ouden, Overgoor, Pais, Passelima, Pastwa, Peter, Peters, Pijnaker, Plate, Pronk, Puplichuizen, Rackel, Recknagel, Rehdantz, Reich, Reichardt, Reif, Reinhardt, Reitsma, Rensink, Reyntjens, Rijbroek, Robuß, Robußsen, Roes, Rogs, Rommel, Van Rooij, Rosier, Ross, Rotman, Rubeck, Ryden (Ryder, Rüder), Sauermilch, Schardijn, Schellenberg, Schellhas, Schelvis, Schlagewerth, Schlatt, Schmeiber, Schmeisser, Schmeißer, Schmeyßers, Schmidt, Schneider, Scholten, Scholz, Schrama, Schüssler, Schwarzkopf, Seltenreich, Seraus, Shaver, Sicking, Siebum, Sieder, Simon, Smit, Smith, Snelders, Van Soest, Starkenburg, Stevens, Strand, Stubenrauch, Stuurman, Von Sundt, Tanneberg, Teegarden, Teerling, Telders, Terhart, Termath, Teunissen, Thielemann, Thielen, Thiesing, Tijssen, Trautvetter, Van der Tuin, Tweehuijzen, Uebbing, Valentin, Van Veenhuisen, Venniker, Verbruggen, Verdugt, Verheij, Vermolen, Versteeg, Vietor, Vietschen, Voll, Voors, De Vos, De Vries, Wachsmann, Wagner, Warnau, Webbe, Weber, Weist, Werking, Weyrauch, White, Van Wielingen, De Wilde, Wirsing, Wissink, Witbroek, Van Wunnik, Wüpping, Yumatova, Zegwaard, Zegwaart. (More information at the Name Index.)

Welcome to the Giegengack History & Genealogy web site.

In August 2003 we started to publish a summary of the History and the Family Tree of the Giegengack Family here. Starting points were the history and genealogy as it is laid down in the book 'Geschiedenis van het Geslacht Gigengack' ('History of the Gigengack Family'), written by our father Johan Gigengack in 1954 and the improved Family Tree he made in 1972. Your help is very much appreciated. Lots of family members already sent their information. We are happy with all the ideas, information and photos you can send. You can reach us at the page Contact.

Im August 2003 begannen wir, eine Zusammenfassung der Geschichte und des Stammbaums der Familie Giegengack hier zu veröffentlichen. Ausgangspunkte waren die Geschichte und die Genealogie, während sie im Buch 'Geschiedenis van het Geslacht Gigengack' ('Geschichte der Familie Gigengack') niedergelegt wird, geschrieben von unserem Vater Johan Gigengack in 1954 und der verbesserte Stammbaum, die er in 1972 bildete. Ihre Hilfe wird sehr geschätzt. Schon viele Familienmitglieder sendeten ihre Informationen. Wir sind mit allen Ideen, Informationen und Fotos glücklich, die Sie senden können. Sie können uns am Seite Contact erreichen.

In Augustus 2003 zijn we begonnen om de Geschiedenis en Genealogie van de Giegengack familie hier beknopt te publiceren. Uitganspunten waren de geschiedenis en genealogie zoals beschreven in het boek 'Geschiedenis van het Geslacht Gigengack', geschreven door onze vader Johan Gigengack in 1954, en de verbeterde Stamboom uit 1972. Uw hulp wordt zeer gewaardeerd. Veel familieleden hebben al informatie gestuurd. We zijn erg blij met alle ideeën, informatie en foto's die u stuurt. U kunt ons bereiken via de pagina Contact.

Erik and Frank Gigengack,
Hengelo (Ov.), the Netherlands.

Song of Kleinschmalkalden (Heimatlied)

Lyrics of a song about the beautiful village Kleinschmalkalden in the Thüringer Wald.
Picture made available by Helmut Giegengack

Back to our roots: visit to Thüringen

Last weekend a delegation of Gigengacks from the Netherlands visited Thüringen and Kleinschmalkalden. In the middle at the picture: Helmut Giegengack and his wife Magdalene. More info soon.

Your portrait photos at the website

Now you can send us your portrait pictures and we'll place them at the website! Also the portraits of your parents and kids are most welcome. Family members with profile photos on Facebook, Hyves etc., please send them to us! The photos will be a great resource for enlivening our family tree! The portraits in digital format can be e-mailed to: info[at]gigengack[.]nl
Thank you for your help!

The Danish Link: visit to København

Part of the text in the Forseglingsprotokol from 1798 with the inheritance rights of the children of Valentin Gi(e)gengack. Photo: John Gigengack (Duivendrecht, NL).



	From left to right: Frank, John and Frans Gigengack. The København travelers visited the Garnisons Church, the Christians Church, the former Frederiks Hospital, the former Sølvgaden Kaserne, the Landsarkivet for Sjælland and the Arsenal Museum. But there also was time for a beer! Photo: Erik Gigengack (Hengelo, NL).



	Interesting meeting with Karsten Skjold Petersen (left), senior research worker at The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum (Tøjhusmuseet). He - as an expert in social history of the recruited professional soldiers in Denmark - could tell a lot about Valentin Gi(e)gengack's life as a sergeant in the Danish army. Next to mr. Petersen are Erik, Frans and Frank Gigengack. Photo: John Gigengack (Duivendrecht, NL).

Four family members visited København from the 18th to the 21st of October 2008, to find tracks of one of our forefathers Valentin Gi(e)gengack.

Frans Gigengack, John Gigengack and Erik and Frank Gigengack (all from the Netherlands) visited the places where their oldest known forefather Valentin had lived and worked, where he was married, where his children were baptized and where he died.

In the Landsarkivet for Sjælland they saw the Forseglingsprotokol from 1798 with the inheritance rights of the children of Valentin Gi(e)gengack (picture above).

Also see the Valentin Lineage.

Giegengack in 'Rechnungsbuch' from 1592



	Picture made available by Sam Dellit, Australia. He visited the Schmalkalden archive in the summer of 2006.

This photo shows a detail of a page from the Rechnungsbuch of Kleinschmalkalden for the year 1592. In the list you can see two names that have great similarity with our family name: Margretha Giegenngagk and ... (Nickell?) Giegenngagk. But the first uppercase G maybe looks more like a D?
Frau Birgit Werner from the Büro Ahnenforschung in Schmalkalden writes us that she can confirm that this name is related to our family name.
According to Sam Dellit from Australia, who sent us this photo, in the books in the Schmalkalden archive 'there are numerous references to Giegengacks, including several years when a Giegengack was the official recorder'. He found three more Giegengacks on other pages of this Rechnungsbuch and that brings him to the conclusion that 'with 4 adult Giegengacks in Kleinschmalkalden in 1592, almost certainly takes the Giegengacks back to at least 1550 in Kleinschmalkalden'.

Please send your reactions to us: Contact.

Origin of the name Giegengack




	Celtic bird Drawing by Cari Buziak (see her Home page)

What is the meaning of the name Giegengack and where does it originate from? Is our family name of Celtic descent or is it Slavic? It could also be a normal German name. For sure it wasn't thought up by Dutch people, like the book 'Xenophobe's guide to the Dutch' said. But the editor removed that theory in the last edition of the book.
Read more at the page 'Our Family Name'.

> Tell your suggestion or theory to us. Click here and we bring you to the page 'Contact'.

'Kermis' in the old days



	Picture made available by José Gigengack, Hengelo, the Netherlands. Photographer and year unknown.

This is a picture of the Kermis in the Netherlands like it was in the old days. In the background is a carousel, the one that is in our family for a long time now. The Hengelo Branch of the Gigengack Family is in the Kermis Business for more than hundred years. An example: in 1874 the Gigengack carousel [draaimolen] was in the little town of Wijhe (Overijssel, the Netherlands) for the first time.

All Kermis-pictures are welcome: Contact.

Coat of Arms
(Familienwappen - familiewapen)

Here is a picture of the Gigengack Coat of Arms that we received from at least three family members during the first year of this website. The one showed here is from Marion and Peter van Dijk from New Zealand. (Marion is the daughter of Ettina Maria Gigengack from Haarlem, the Netherlands).

The Gigengack Coat of Arms was registered at the CBG (Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag) by Christiaan Antonius Gigengack from Zutphen, the Netherlands on 19 May 1978. The description of the Gigengack Coat of Arms from the CBG: Divided: 1) in blue a stork of natural colour; 2) in blue silver chevron charged with red crescent accompanied above with three silver roses beside each other. Crest: a blue set of wings (vol). Covers: silver and blue. [Geteilt: 1) im Blau ein Storch der natürlichen Farbe; 2) im blauen silbernen Twill lud mit dem roten Halbmond, der oben mit drei silbernen Roses neben einander begleitet wurde. Helmkleinod: ein blauer Flug. Abdeckungen: Silber und Blau. Gedeeld: 1) in blauw een ooievaar van natuurlijke kleur; 2) in blauw een zilveren keper beladen met een rode wassenaar vergezeld boven van drie zilveren rozen naast elkaar. Helmteken: een blauwe vlucht. Dekkleden: zilver en blauw.]

We are still searching for an answer about how long this coat of arms is used. It must be for 'some time' before registering. Also about the origin, meaning and use of the symbols, we look for further information. Please let us know if you have more information about the Gigengack Coat of Arms: Contact.

Writers inspired by the name Gi(e)gengack



Story De Giegelgak in the book 'Wat enigjes' by Marten Toonder. More >	De vogel Gigengack, poems by Tjaard de Haan	Mevrouw Gigengack by Nelleke Noordervliet. More >

With the help of John Gigengack from Duivendrecht we show some books that have our family name in the title. Although the books are not really about (members of) our family, it is remarkable that these writers are inspired by our surname.
Read more here.

On the right you see the letter of Marten Toonder where he explains the use of the name Giegelgak.

Postcard from Kleinschmalkalden

The Giegengack family stems from the charming little town Kleinschmalkalden, situated in the beautiful Thüringer Wald (the Thuringian Forest), the green heart of Germany. This nice old postcard of the town of Kleinschmalkalden in the year 1904 we found at the website http://www.kleinschmalkalden.de.
We like to thank the makers of this website for their permission to use this image at our site. Do you also have a nice photo of Kleinschmalkalden or another picture that tells something about our family? Send your response here: Contact.

The Giegengack House

The old Giegengack House in Kleinschmalkalden (Thüringen, Germany) that is build from wood. Photo Guus Gigengack, March 2004.

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The site was last updated on the 11th of July 2010.
Updated the Geigengack Lineage.


	Last changes

	29th April '06> The Xenophobe's guide to the Dutch removed the theory about our family name in the new edition! See page 'Our family name' 9th Sept. '05 > Story about Nieuwe Groenmarkt 7 at the Haarlem Lineage. 31st Aug. '05 > Very interesting documents added to Hans Giegengack Lineage. 6th Febr. '05 > New details Hans & Moritz Giegengack Lineage. 27th Sept. '04 > Photo Gallery added 6th Sept. '04 > PayPal donation button added to the site. 4th Sept. '04 > Konrad Giegengack's trip to Australia (1863) added to the Hans Gieg. Lineage 8th August '04 > Gigengack Coat of Arms added to the site. 1st April '04 > Photo and info about the Giegengack Memorial Stone is at the 'Hans Giegengack Lineage'. 30th Jan. '04 > Paragraphs added to page History. 10th Jan. '04 > New information added to Bocholt Branche. 7th Jan. '04 > Danish part on page History. 6th Jan. '03 > E-mail from unknown family member in Nakskov - Denmark. New info added to Valentin Lineage. 7th Nov. '03 > Chapter 'Óur Family Name' is added. 26th Oct. '03 > Portraits at the Hans and Valentin Lineages. 6th Oct. '03 > New info on Geigengack Lineage added to site. 27th Sept. '03 > Information on oldest family member Baltahasar Gi(e)gengack is added. Go to the page Genealgoy. 23rd Sept. '03 > Page Address List added. 22nd Sept. '03 > First portraits at the site. 7th Sept. '03 > Sources & Links updated. 6th Sept. '03 > Set up of the four Lineages and History. 31st Aug. '03 > Started with 'Hans Giegengack Lineage'.