WILLEM VERWOERD (Verwoert) was born in about 1610 in the area between Leerbroek and Meerkerk, the most eastern part of the holme between the rivers Lek and Waal, known as "Vijfheerenland". It is one of the larger Verwoerd tribesin the Netherlands. This index contains over 4700 individuals and more than 1100 surnames, and is for the greater part based on research by Miny Verwoerd-Pijnenburg (1933-2003), Dirk Verwoerd (1925-2010), and Jan Verwoerdt (Sleeuwijk) with important contributions by Peter Verwoerd (Waddinxveen), and many others. They are not responsible for any mistakes I made. We welcome your questions and would appreciate your help with our ongoing research. For any contributions or for inquiries on your ancestors email genealogy at verwoerd dot info or simply click the blue text balloon, and register with the Verwoerd Family Research Project. If you don't have a blue text balloon click on privacy notification first.