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The Netherlands Antilles (The Nederlandse Antillen) was a former autonomous part of [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Netherlands]], consisting of the West Indies islands of [[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]], [[Bonaire Genealogy|Bonaire]], and formerly [[Aruba Genealogy|Aruba]]—all off the north coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea—and [[Saba Genealogy|Saba]], [[Sint Eustatius Genealogy|Sint Eustatius]] and [[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]] (part French)—east of the US Virgin Islands.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles Netherlands Antilles] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' accessed 21 July 2015.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> | The Netherlands Antilles (The Nederlandse Antillen) was a former autonomous part of [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Netherlands]], consisting of the West Indies islands of [[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]], [[Bonaire Genealogy|Bonaire]], and formerly [[Aruba Genealogy|Aruba]]—all off the north coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea—and [[Saba Genealogy|Saba]], [[Sint Eustatius Genealogy|Sint Eustatius]] and [[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]] (part French)—east of the US Virgin Islands.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles Netherlands Antilles] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' accessed 21 July 2015.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> | ||
'''Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.''' The northern 60% of the island of Sint Maarten is called [[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]] and is a part of the French Antilles (of [[France]]). The southern 40% of the island of [[ | '''Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.''' The northern 60% of the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin is called [[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]] and is a part of the French Antilles (of [[France]]). The southern 40% of the island of [[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]] was formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, since 2010 a constituent country of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten Sint Maarten] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 July 2015).</ref> | ||
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