Leo Barjesteh

Leonardus Alexander Ferydoun "Leo" Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (Rotterdam, 18 October 1962)[1] is a Dutch-Persian historian, publisher and museum director.

In 1988 Barjesteh established himself as an independent publisher, specialising in history, culture and genealogy.[2] He is also co-founder (2000) and since 2017 president of the International Qajar Studies Association and has been editor-in-chief of its journal (Qajar Studies) since the first issue in 2000.[3]

Genealogical projects

In 2007 together with Frans Plooij and Toon van Gestel he initiated the first large-scale genetic genealogy project in the Netherlands, the Project Genetische Genealogie in Nederland.[4][5] Over the years the project had 1,500 participants. The project focussed on the Y-chromosomal DNA and at that time was unique as it combined genetic profiles with pedigree lines going back centuries.[6][7] The first combined DNA-results and genealogies were published in Zonen van Adam in Nederland in 2008.[8][9][10]

The publication of the book Honderd Schiedamse Families in 2010[11] lead to an accompanying exhibition: Rijkdom van de stad.[12] The exhibition inspired the foundation of a museum for family history.[13][14][15] After purchasing an old monastery in Eijsden, Limburg,[16] Barjesteh in 2013 founded the International Museum for Family History in the Ursulinenconvent.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "The Bolourforoush(an) Family". barjesteh.nl.
  2. ↑ "Stambomen Bekende Rotterdammers Verzameld". Het Vrije Volk (13361). 19 December 1990.
  3. ↑ "The Qajar Royal family of Iran thrives in a modern world". en.azvision.az.
  4. ↑ https://cbg.nl/kennis/themas/dna-en-familiegeschiedenis/
  5. ↑ http://www.onsvoorgeslacht.nl/projecten/genetische-genealogie/
  6. ↑ "Ben ik een Alaan in het diepst van mijn genen?".
  7. ↑ "Genetisch spoorzoeken - Vrij Nederland". 24 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Veel DNA komt uit Spanje en Scandinavië - ed.nl". www.ed.nl.
  9. ↑ "Artikelen". www.ngv.nl.
  10. ↑ "Van wangslijm naar stamboom op ND.nl". Nederlands Dagblad.
  11. ↑ "Honderd Schiedamse families van 1795 tot 1940; liber amicorum mr. dr. V.A.M. van der Burg". www.bibliotheek.nl.
  12. ↑ "Nieuwe tentoonstelling Jenevermuseum: Rijkdom van de stad -..." www.schiedam.nl.
  13. ↑ "Internationaal Museum voor Familiegeschiedenis". www.familiearchieven.nl.
  14. ↑ "Tresoar • Bekijk onderwerp - Internationaal Museum voor Familiegeschiedenis in oprichting". forumtresoar.nl.
  15. ↑ https://www.zuiderlucht.eu/de-oermoeder-en-de-rest/
  16. ↑ "Museum in voormalig Ursulinenklooster Eijsden". L1.
  17. ↑ "Special Eijsden-Margraten".
  18. ↑ Hautermans, Heiner. "Genealoge untersucht die Ahnentafel Karl des Großen".
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