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=== 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>
=== Surname Distribution Maps ===


Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname Distribution Maps|surname distribution maps]].  
Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname Distribution Maps|surname distribution maps]].  


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=== Emigration to Sweden ===
 
A large group of emigrants left Wallonia to work in promoting mining and industry in Sweden.&nbsp;For more, see:&nbsp;[[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in&nbsp;Sweden.]]  


== References  ==


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A large group of emigrants left Wallonia to work in promoting mining and industry in Sweden.&nbsp;For more, see:&nbsp;[[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in&nbsp;Sweden.]]
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Belgium Gotoarrow.png Emigration and Immigration

Emigration records (Emigratie registers, Registres des émigrés)[edit | edit source]

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%.[1]

Surname Distribution Maps[edit | edit source]

Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through surname distribution maps.

Emigration to Sweden[edit | edit source]

A large group of emigrants left Wallonia to work in promoting mining and industry in Sweden. For more, see: Vallons in Sweden.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.