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Essentially all Netherlands Church records from before 1811 are now online. This section gives instructions on where to find them and how to search them.  
Essentially all Netherlands Church records from before 1811 are now online. This section gives instructions on where to find them and how to search them.  
1. Search first in a search engine, see below for details
2. Search next in a published transcription, often found on [https://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow], or try a google search
3. Search next in a alphabetical index, where they exist. Try Geneaknowhow or [[Zoekakten]]
4. If all these do not exist or fail to find what you are looking for, you will have to browse manually online. Use [https://www.vpnd.nl VPND] or [[Zoekakten]]


=== Regional Guide  ===
=== Regional Guide  ===


The regions here are based on regional and local archives. Haarlem and the province Overijssel(except Zwolle) have no search engines available and must be browsed manually on [https://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow], [https://www.vpnd.nl VPND] or [[Zoekakten]]<br>
The regions here are based on regional and local archives. Haarlem and the province Overijssel(except Zwolle) have no search engines available(though transcriptons exist and must be browsed manually on [https://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow], [https://www.vpnd.nl VPND] or [[Zoekakten]]<br>  


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| Search on the site of [http://www.geldersarchief.nl/familiegeschiedenis Gelders Archief]<br>
| Search on the site of [http://www.geldersarchief.nl/familiegeschiedenis Gelders Archief]<br>
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| Noord-Brabant<br>
| Noord-Brabant<br>  
| Search on the site of [https://www.bhic.nl/onderzoeken/stamboom/eenvoudig-zoeken BHIC]<br>
| Search on the site of [https://www.bhic.nl/onderzoeken/stamboom/eenvoudig-zoeken BHIC]<br>
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| Search on the site [http://www.allefriezen.nl AlleFriezen]<br>
| Search on the site [http://www.allefriezen.nl AlleFriezen]<br>
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| Drenthe<br>
| Drenthe<br>  
| Search on [http://alledrenten.nl/ AlleDrenten]<br>
| Search on [http://alledrenten.nl/ AlleDrenten]<br>
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| Groningen<br>
| Groningen<br>  
| Search on [http://www.allegroningers.nl/ AlleGroningers]<br>
| Search on [http://www.allegroningers.nl/ AlleGroningers]<br>
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=== Online Indexes  ===
 
You should search first for indexes, transcriptions and images broken down by year. The following sites are where you will find these if they exist for the particular church.
 
*[http://www.geneaknowhow.nl/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow]
 
*Provincial, Regional and City archives, see the [[Netherlands City Archives]] page. Most provincial archives now have search engines for Church records.
 
*[http://www,zoekakten.nl Zoekakten], see below and on its wiki page. The indexes will be under 'Indexen DTB' for each place.


=== Zoekakten  ===
=== Zoekakten  ===
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=== Records at the Family History Library  ===
=== Records at the Family History Library  ===


For the few records not on Zoekakten/FamilySearch, try the Family Search catalog. Search not only under the 'Church Records' category but under related categories such as 'Cemeteries'.  
For the few records not on Zoekakten/FamilySearch, try the Family Search catalog. These records are usually under 'Cemetaries" or some otehr category and because of this were not included in the Online Record Collections. <br>


=== Indexes at the Family History Library  ===
=== Indexes at the Family History Library  ===
*''Church and Civil Records of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, before 1811.''
Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975. (FHL book 929.1 G286gs ser. C no. 25; fiche 6000355–6000356.)


The Family History Library has collected many indexes to Dutch church records. These are listed in the Place search of the catalog under:  
The Family History Library has collected many indexes to Dutch church records. These are listed in the Place search of the catalog under:  
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