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 ==For Further Reading==
+*[https://thebelgianamerican.com/ The Belgian American Blog]<br>
 Many additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch catalog:
 *{{FHL|362551|subject_id|disp=Belgium - Emigration and immigration}}
 *{{FHL|864889|subject_id|disp=Belgium - Emigration and immigration - Indexes}}
 *{{FHL|319478|subject_id|disp=Walloons - Sweden}}
-=== Emigration records (Emigratie registers, Registres des émigrés)  ===
-Research use: Very valuable for making proper connections to place of origin and residence in Belgium. Many researchers do not know their ancestor's place of origin.
-Record type: Lists of emigrants and immigrants, and permissions for those moving within Belgium.
-Time Period: 1500-present.
-Content: Emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, birth dates and places, residences, destination; wife’s and childrens’ given names and ages or number of children; reasons for emigration; taxes paid; religion, military service, etc.
-Location: Provincial and municipal archives.
-Population coverage: 5-10%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belgium,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref>
-For an extensive article with many resources, click [http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/1ant/11/11002/800a3307.pdf here].
 == References  ==