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| <h3>Getting Started with "Country" Research</h3> | | <h3>Getting Started with "Country" Research</h3> |
| Links to articles on getting started with United States research. | | Links to articles on getting started with Belgium research. |
| *[[How to Find Birth Records]] | | *[[How to Find Birth Records]] |
| *[[How to Find Marriage Records]] | | *[[How to Find Marriage Records]] |
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| ==More Belgium Research Strategies== | | ==More Belgium Research Strategies== |
| Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for the United States. | | Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for Belgium. |
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| ==More "Country" Research Tools== | | ==More Belgium Research Tools== |
| Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in the United States. | | Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in Belgium. |
| *[http://de-wit.net/bronnen/antwerpen-gesneuvelden-1914-1918.htm WWI casualties (1914-1918)][[Belgium Websites|Websites]] | | *[http://de-wit.net/bronnen/antwerpen-gesneuvelden-1914-1918.htm WWI casualties (1914-1918)][[Belgium Websites|Websites]] |
| *[[Belgium, Antwerp, Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | | *[[Belgium, Antwerp, Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> |
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| [[Image:GEO Belgium Map lg.jpg|thumb|right|250px|GEO Belgium Map lg.jpg]] {{Click|Image:Belgium ORP.png|Belgium Online Genealogy Records}} | | [[Image:GEO Belgium Map lg.jpg|thumb|right|250px|GEO Belgium Map lg.jpg]] {{Click|Image:Belgium ORP.png|Belgium Online Genealogy Records}} |
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| == Getting started with Belgium research ==
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| The following information comes from the periodical "Belgian Laces": Here is a website that will help you find villages or towns that may no longer exist on current Belgian maps: [http://www.notrebelgique.be/fr/index.php Notre Belgique] <br>Under "Coin Lecture" you will find 4 choices: <br>
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| '''Le Saviez-vous''' gives you a story behind the creation of Belgium's National Anthem, "La Brabançonne"
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| '''Vieux Métiers''' contains a short list of occupations (in French)
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| *A 1802 Geographic Dictionary of all Departments in France (3 volumes in alphabetical order)
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| '''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''
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| *[[Belgium, Antwerp, Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Belgium Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Belgium Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Recordsl)]]
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| *[[Belgium Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Belgium Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Belgium Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records]])
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| == Did you know? ==
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| That you won't normally find the names of soldiers killed in action in the "Guldenboek der Vuurkaart" or "Livre d'Or des Cartes de Feu"? Read more at http://www.tenboome.webruimtehosting.net/guldenboek/Guldenboekprojecttotaal/goldenbook.htm
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