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 ==History==
+The province of North Holland as it is today has its origins in the period of French rule from 1795 to 1813. This was a time of bewildering changes to the Dutch system of provinces. In the Constitution enacted on 23 April 1798, the old borders were radically changed.<br>
+In 1807, Holland was reorganised. This time the two departments were called Amstelland, and this corresponded to the modern province of North Holland and Maasland, corresponding to the modern province of South Holland but this did not last long. In 1810, all the Dutch provinces were integrated into the French Empire. After the defeat of the French in 1813, this organisation remained unchanged for a year or so. When the 1814 Constitution was introduced, the country was reorganised as provinces and regions.<br>
+When the constitutional amendments were introduced in 1840, it was decided to split Holland once again, this time into two provinces called North Holland and South Holland.<br>
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Holland]
 ==Civil Registration (Burgelijke Stand)==
 *'''Civil registration''' records are government records of births, marriages, and deaths.  Access to Netherlands Civil Registration records online is excellent. There is usually no longer any need to use microfilms from the Family History Library, or to visit archives. Nearly all records have survived, since two copies were made of each record and stored separately. <br>