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== Record Finder Table for Netherlands ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Netherlands topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.  
 
{| width="75%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| Age (Be aware that ages given in documents before 1850 are often incorrect.)
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| [[Netherlands Census|Census]], [[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
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|-
| Birth date and birthplace  
| Birth date and birthplace  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] Public Records,[[Netherlands Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
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*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Netherlands Military Records|Military Records]]
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| Marriage date and place
| Boundaries (parish, municipality, or province)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Netherlands Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Netherlands Maps|Maps]], [[Netherlands History|History]]  
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| Names, Geographical; [[Netherlands Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]], Public Records
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]], [[Netherlands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Netherlands Guardianship|Guardianship]],[[Netherlands Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Netherlands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Netherlands Guardianship|Guardianship]]
*[[Netherlands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Divorce
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration, ]][[Netherlands Population|Population]]  
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| (See the research outline for the country the ancestor immigrated to.)
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Netherlands History|History]], [[Netherlands Church History|Church History]]  
*[[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| [[Netherlands Minorities|Minorities]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Language and Languages |Language and Languages]]
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Netherlands Handwriting|Handwriting]]
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Netherlands Guardianship|Guardianship]]
*[[Netherlands Census|Census]]
*[[Netherlands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Netherlands Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]],[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], Public Records
*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]], [[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]],[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]  
| See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Public Records, [[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Netherlands Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Netherlands Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Nobility|Nobility]], [[Netherlands Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[Netherlands Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Netherlands Biography|Biography]]
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Census|Census]]
*[[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Netherlands Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Netherlands Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
|}
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Netherlands Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| Noblility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Netherlands Nobility|Nobility]]
| [[Netherlands Guardianship|Guardianship]], [[Netherlands Census|Census]], [[Netherlands Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Netherlands Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
*[[Netherlands Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Netherlands Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Military Records|Military Records]]  
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]
*[[Netherlands Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Netherlands Maps|Maps]]  
*[[Netherlands Population|Population]]
| Names, Geographical; [[Netherlands Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Netherlands Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], Public Records
*Social Life and Customs
| [[Netherlands Census|Census]]; [[Netherlands Taxation|Taxation]];[[Netherlands Land and Property|Land and Property]]; [[Netherlands Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Church History|Church History]]
|-
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Military Records|Military Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|}
===Reading Dutch Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Netherlands Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Netherlands Societies|Societies]]
*[[Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
| [[Netherlands History|History]], [[Netherlands Biography|Biography]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Media:1-NL_Civil_Registration_Birth_Records-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Birth Records]]
*[[Media:1-NL_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Marriage Records]]
*[[Media:1-NL_Civil_Registration_Death_Records-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Death Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Netherlands Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Netherlands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/names-in-belgium-and-the-netherlands Names in Belgium and the Netherlands]
| [[Netherlands Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Netherlands Population|Population]], [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Netherlands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Netherlands Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/beginner-dutch-handwriting-quirks-dutch-names Beginner Dutch Handwriting]
| [[Netherlands Minorities|Minorities]], [[Netherlands Church History|Church History]]
|}
 
==Provinces==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province, including links to actual records.'''
|}
{|
|-
|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
<li>[[Drenthe, The Netherlands Genealogy|Drenthe]]</li>
<li>[[Flevoland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Flevoland]]</li>
<li>[[Friesland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Fryslân or Friesland]]</li>
<li>[[Gelderland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Gelderland]]</li>
<li>[[Groningen, The Netherlands Genealogy|Groningen]]</li>
<li>[[Limburg (Province), The Netherlands Genealogy|Limburg]]</li>
<li>[[Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands Genealogy|Noord-Brabant]] (North Brabant)</li>
<li>[[Noord-Holland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Noord-Holland]] (North Holland)</li>
<li>[[Overijssel, The Netherlands Genealogy|Overijssel]]</li>
<li>[[Utrecht (Province), The Netherlands Genealogy|Utrecht]]</li>
<li>[[Zeeland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Zeeland]]</li>
<li>[[Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Zuid-Holland]] (South Holland)</li>
</ul>
|-
|-
| Social activities
| [[Netherlands Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
| [[Netherlands Church History|Church History]]
|}
|}


[[Category:Netherlands Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Netherlands Search Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 15:41, 11 May 2017

Netherlands Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
The Netherlands Background
Local Research Resources
Moderator

The FamilySearch moderator for The Netherlands is Daniel Jones.

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

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

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

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 information 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
Marriage information 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
Social activities Social Life and Customs Church History
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