Netherlands Record Finder

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The table below can help you decide which records to search.

Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

> Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

> Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age (Be aware that ages given in documents before 1850 are often incorrect.)	Civil Registration, Population, Church Records, Jewish Records	Census, Notarial Records, Court Records
Birth date and birthplace	Civil Registration, Population, Church Records, Jewish Records	Emigration and Immigration, Public Records,Military Records
Boundaries (parish, municipality, or province)	Gazetteers, Maps, History	Names, Geographical; Historical Geography
Death	Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records, Public Records	Taxation, Cemeteries, Guardianship,Probate Records, Notarial Records, Court Records
Divorce	Civil Registration	Court Records
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration, Population	(See the research outline for the country the ancestor immigrated to.)
Historical background	History, Church History	Minorities
Language helps	Language and Languages	Handwriting
Living relatives	Genealogy	Societies
Maiden name	Civil Registration,Church Records, Public Records	Taxation, Notarial Records,Court Records
Marriages	Civil Registration, Church Records	Public Records, Taxation
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Genealogy
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Genealogy, Periodicals, Biography
Occupations	Civil Registration, Population, Census	Naturalization and Citizenship, Notarial Records, Court Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Civil Registration, Population, Church Records, Jewish Records	Guardianship, Census, Probate Records, Notarial Records, Court Records
Physical description	Military Records	Civil Registration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Names, Geographical; Historical Geography
Places of residence	Civil Registration, Population, Church Records, Public Records	Census; Taxation;Land and Property; Names, Personal
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biography
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Genealogy	Societies
Religion	Population, Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records	Minorities, Church History