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Netherlands Civil Registration- Vital Records: Difference between revisions
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Birth records usually give the child’s name; sex; date, time, and place of birth; and parents’ names, including the mother’s maiden surname. The occupations and ages of the parents are also given. | Birth records usually give the child’s name; sex; date, time, and place of birth; and parents’ names, including the mother’s maiden surname. The occupations and ages of the parents are also given. | ||
Births were usually registered within two or three days of the child’s birth, usually by the father but sometimes by a relative or friend, especially if the father was absent. | Births were usually registered within two or three days of the child’s birth, usually by the father but sometimes by a relative or friend, especially if the father was absent. Children are never labeled as 'illegitemate', but the mother is noted as being 'unmarried'. If the father and mother of the child later marry it will be mentioned in the margin of the birth certificate as well and that the child is 'recognized' as theirs. The child's last name will now have been changed to the father's last name as well, so the child is born with the mother's last name, but later will go on in life with the father's last name. Other corrections to a birth record may have been added as a marginal note. | ||
Children whose records show they died very young were not necessarily stillborn [levenloos or doodgeboren] but probably died shortly after birth. Legally, information about children who were born "without life" was not to be reported to the civil registrar. Children who died at birth are only recorded in the death records. They are either found under the last name of the father (or in case of an illegitimate child, the last name of the mother) or under the letter L in the index. L stands for Levenloos - lifeless. | Children whose records show they died very young were not necessarily stillborn [levenloos or doodgeboren] even if it states that they are, but probably died shortly after birth. Legally, information about children who were born "without life" was not to be reported to the civil registrar. Children who died at birth are only recorded in the death records. They are either found under the last name of the father (or in case of an illegitimate child, the last name of the mother) or under the letter L in the index. L stands for Levenloos - lifeless. | ||
Civil register births usually have yearly indexes in addition to the 10-year indexes. (For more specific index information see "Indexes to Civil Registration Records" below). | Civil register births usually have yearly indexes in addition to the 10-year indexes. (For more specific index information see "Indexes to Civil Registration Records" below). | ||