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Guide to Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Getting started with (Your Locality) research[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Aruba

Aruba officially became a member state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on January 1, 1986, with full independence set for 1996, within a Dutch Commonwealth of sovereign states. Aruba is the western most island of the Netherland Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, off the north shore of Venezuela.

See also the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aa.html

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Aruba's Capital City is Oranjestad. See: (Oranjestad)

Aruba is divided into eight regions:

Noord/Tank Leendert
Oranjestad (west)
Oranjestad (east)
Paradera
Santa Cruz
Savaneta
Sint Nicolaas (north)
Sint Nicolaas (south).

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

Useful websites:

Netherland Antilles GenWeb

You may also try a Database for genealogical research in Aruba:

Aruba Genealogy Databases

If you ever wanted to research your family tree and trace your ancestry, the internet has made this much easier than ever before.

(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

Help Wanted[edit | edit source]

In order to make this Wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

However, please do not change the lay-out of the pages you would like to work on as considerable thought went into what has already been entered. But we love to have your help as mentioned above.

Links to articles, subcategories and images under the Category Aruba Genealogy[edit | edit source]

Category:Aruba Genealogy

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Did you know?[edit | edit source]

Did you know that Aruba has its own university? See: (University of Aruba)

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-Guide to '''Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
-==Information==
-Aruba is the western most island of [[The Netherlands Antilles Genealogy|the Netherlands Antilles]] in the Caribbean, off the north shore of [[Venezuela Genealogy|Venezuela]]. It is a constituent country of [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. The official languages are Dutch and Papiamento.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Aruba," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba, accessed 5 May 2016.</ref>
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+Guide to '''Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. <br>
-==Aruba Map==
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-Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Aruba.<br>
+<div style="float: right; width: 75%">
-[[File:Aruba_map.png]]
+[[Image:Guadirikiri Cave.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
+== Getting started with (Your Locality) research  ==
+{{wikipedia|Aruba|Aruba}}
+Aruba officially became a member state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on January 1, 1986, with full independence set for 1996, within a Dutch Commonwealth of sovereign states. Aruba is the western most island of the Netherland Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, off the north shore of Venezuela.
+See also the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aa.html
+== Jurisdictions  ==
+Aruba's Capital City is Oranjestad. See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjestad%2C_Aruba (Oranjestad)]
-== Regions ==
 Aruba is divided into eight regions:
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+*Noord/Tank Leendert
+*Oranjestad (west)
+*Oranjestad (east)
+*Paradera
+*Santa Cruz
+*Savaneta
+*Sint Nicolaas (north)
+*Sint Nicolaas (south).
+== Research Tools  ==
+Useful websites:
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~antwgw/ Netherland Antilles GenWeb]
+You may also try a Database for genealogical research in Aruba:
+*[http://aruba-genealogy-databases.databases.bestvideotools.com/ Aruba Genealogy Databases]
+If you ever wanted to research your family tree and trace your ancestry, the internet has made this much easier than ever before.
+*(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
+*(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
+== Help Wanted  ==
+In order to make this Wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
+*[[Edit a page|Expanding an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]
+*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Creating a new article]]
+*[[How to categorize an article|Categorizing articles]]
+*[[Create an external link|Adding external links to articles]]
+*[[Create an internal link|Adding internal links to articles]]
+*Other...
+However, please do not change the lay-out of the pages you would like to work on as&nbsp;considerable thought went into what has already been entered. But we love to have your help as mentioned above.
+=== Links to articles, subcategories and images under the Category {{PAGENAME}}  ===
+*[[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+{{Click|Image:Volunteers wanted sm.png|FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Aruba pages|Wiki Volunteers Wanted}}
+To add your knowledge and help expand the wiki [[FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Aruba pages|'''click here''']]:
+== Did you know?  ==
+Did you know that Aruba has its own university? See: [http://www.ua.aw/ua/home.do (University of Aruba)]
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