Netherlands - Marriage - 1811-Present: Difference between revisions

'''1.'''''' Marriage Register: Civil registration'''<br />Beginning in 1811, the government required civil registrars to keep marriage records. These records included more information than the earlier church marriage records.

'''What you are looking for'''<br />Civil registers are the best source for determining when a person was married.

'''Why go to the next record'''<br />Not all of the Dutch civil registry records have been microfilmed.

'''2.'''''' Register of Births: Civil registration'''<br />Beginning in 1811, the government required civil registrars to keep marriage records. These records included more information than the earlier church marriage records.

'''What you are looking for'''<br />If civil registry marriage records do not exist, civil registry birth records are the best source for determining when a person was married. The marriage date should be about one year before the first child's birth.

'''Why go to the next record'''<br />Not all birth records have been microfilmed.

'''3.'''''' Census: Census'''<br />Census or population records were not kept with any consistency or regularity before 1850. If an age is given, use the records to estimate a person's birth date. After 1850 birth dates and places are given. The records can also help identify all the members of a family and help determine where a family originated.

'''What you are looking for'''<br />When civil registry birth records do not exist, census records are the best source for determining when a couple was married. A census record may not give a marriage date for the parents, but it does give their names. The marriage date should be about one year before the first child's birth.

'''Why go to the next record'''<br />Not all census records have been microfilmed, and the beginning date of these records varies from place to place.