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 *{{RecordSearch|igi|International Genealogical Index (IGI)}} at FamilySearch — [[International Genealogical Index (IGI) - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
-==== Indexes ====
+==== Arrangement and Indexes ====
-As a rule of thumb, there should be a handwritten index at the end of each year for each record type. Additionally, as a rule of thumb, a ten-year index (''tienjarige tafel / table décennale'') was created indexing all births, marriages, and deaths in the municipality in either strict alphabetical order or organized by beginning letter then chronologically. The index provides the year, then either the act number, the date of the event, or the date of the registration of the event. You can then use these indexes to locate the original record. These indexes can be found at the State Archives or FamilySearch.
+Many smaller towns put births, marriages and deaths all together in chronological order, while later records and those from larger towns and cities usually divide the records into births, marriages and deaths separately.<br>
+<br>
+There should be a handwritten index at the end of each year for each record type. Additionally, a ten-year index (''tienjarige tafel / table décennale'') was created indexing all births, marriages, and deaths in the municipality in either strict alphabetical order or organized by beginning letter then chronologically. The index provides the year, then either the act number, the date of the event, or the date of the registration of the event. You can then use these indexes to locate the original record. These indexes can be found at the State Archives or FamilySearch.
 ==== GeneaKnowHow ====
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 ==== State Archives and FamilySearch ====
-The State [i.e. Federal] Archives of Belgium (''Rijksarchief in België/Les Archives de l'Etat en Belgique'') has images and some indexes for civil registration records before 1915. Free [https://search.arch.be/en/login/registration registration] is required to view the records. The site comes in English, French, German or Dutch (see top left corner).
+Civil registration digital images are also online from the State Archives of Belgium (''Rijksarchief in België/Les Archives de l'Etat en Belgique'') has images and some indexes for records at least 100 years old. Free [https://search.arch.be/en/login/registration registration] is required to view the records. The site comes in English, French, German or Dutch (see top left corner).
-Most of the records are available only as images. They can be [https://search.arch.be/nl/tips/101-burgerlijke-stand browsed here]. A few have been indexed. They can be [https://search.arch.be/en/zoeken-naar-personen searched here]. The images placed online are not necessarily the entirety of the records that are available- the remaining records would need to be viewed in person at the archives. Nonetheless, the vast majority have been placed online.
+*[https://search.arch.be/nl/tips/101-burgerlijke-stand Some Browsable Images]
+*[https://search.arch.be/en/zoeken-naar-personen Search by Person - Incomplete Indexes]
-In most cases, the images online at the website of the State Archives are exact copies of the images that can be found at FamilySearch. Either browse the historical record collections (see above) or use the FamilySearch Catalog. There is a significant number of images not yet placed in the historical record collections, so look in both of these places if you can't find a record.
+[http://search.arch.be/nl/zoeken-naar-archieven Search by Location - Incomplete Indexes
 ===Offices to Contact===
-Records after 1915 cannot be found online at the State Archives. You will need to contact the municipality where the event took place. If needed, you may need to write to an '''ancestor's town'''. Below is how to address a letter:
+For the more recent records (after 1915), the locality keeps one copy and the other copies are turned over to the State Archives (Algemeen Rijksarchief/Archives Générales du Royaume in Brussels, or Rijksarchief in de Provinciën/Archives de l'État in the provinces). Researchers can access them by contacting:
+<br>
-Gemeentebestuur = Municipal administration<br>
+'''The National Archives
-De Ambtenaar van de Burgerlijke Stand = Civil State Officer<br>
+Algemeen Rijksarchief Ruisbroekstraat 2<br>
-Gemeentehuis = City Hall<br>
+Brussels 1000<br>
-BE - (postal code) (name of municipality)<br>
+BELGIUM<br>
-Belgium<br>
+Telephone: 32 2 513 76 80<br>
+Fax: 32 2 513 76 81<br>
-*[https://www.france-codepostal.fr/en/belgium/?q= Postal Code Finder].
+[https://search.arch.be/en/ Website]
 ==Historical Background==
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 ==Information Recorded in the Records==
-The records will be either in [[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch]], [[French Genealogical Word List|French]], or [[German Word List|German]], depending on the language locally spoken and the political situation.
-Many smaller towns put births, marriages and deaths all together in chronological order, while later records and those from larger towns and cities usually divide the records into births, marriages and deaths separately.
 ===Births===
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 ====Language and Terminology====
 The major languages of records in Belgium are Flemish (Dutch) in the North, and Walloon (French) in the South, and German in the East. To understand the records, you only need to know a few typical words such as those for mother, father, born, name, bride, groom, married, etc. Translation of these words are found under [[Luxembourg, Belgium Genealogy#1. Online Digital Records for Civil Registration|Online Digital Records for Civil Registration]] below and also on word lists for: [[Netherlands_Language_and_Languages|Dutch]], [[French Genealogical Word List|French]] and [[German Word List|German]].
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 *Heiraten = marriages
 *Toten = deaths
-===Indexes to Civil Registration===
-*Multi-Year-Indexes: Additional two, three, five and ten year indexes to births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Some are alphabetical, others chronological, by first letter of the surname, all letters, and given names.
 == References  ==