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== Record Finder Table for Belgium ==
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 ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Biography
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
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*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Biography
|-
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*Societies
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*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
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| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
|  
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
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*Societies
*Periodicals
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
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| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
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*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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*Societies
*Minorities
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| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|  
 
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*Societies
*Minorities
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=== 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:'''
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]] 
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*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*Voting Registers
*[[Belgium School Records|Schools]]
*Taxation
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=== 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:'''
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*Nobility
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*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
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| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
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*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
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| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium History|History]]
*Minorities
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
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| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*Social Life and Customs
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium History|History]]
|-
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| align="left" | Physical description
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|  
*Biography
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Record-finding aids
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*[[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
|  
*[[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Word List|German]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List|French]]
|-
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| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Religion
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|  
 
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| align="left" |Online classes
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*{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}.
*{{LearningCenter2|94|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Dutch Words and Dates}}.
*{{LearningCenter2|95|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Dutch Records}}.
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*{{LearningCenter2|38|Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Kurrent Letters}}
*{{LearningCenter2|39|Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Making Words in Kurrent}}
*{{LearningCenter2|40|Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Kurrent Documents}}
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| align="left" |Writing for records
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==Provinces==
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|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.'''
 
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<b>Brussels (Bruxelles) capital region</b>
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    <li>[[Brussels (Bruxelles) Capital Region, Belgium Genealogy|Brussels (Bruxelles) Capital Region]] </li>
</ul>
<br>
<b>Flanders region (five provinces) -- Dutch Speaking:</b>
<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-left:7px;">
    <li>[[Antwerp, Belgium Genealogy|Antwerp (Antwerpen) Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Limburg, Belgium Genealogy|Limburg Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Oost Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium Genealogy|East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium Genealogy|Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant) Province]] </li>
    <li>[[West Vlaanderen (West Flanders), Belgium Genealogy|West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen) Province]] </li>
</ul>
<br><b>Wallonia Region (five provinces) -- French Speaking:</b>
<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-left:7px;">
    <li>[[Brabant Wallon, Belgium Genealogy|Brabant Wallon (Walloon Brabant) Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Hainaut, Belgium Genealogy|Hainaut Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Liège, Belgium Genealogy|Liège Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Luxembourg, Belgium Genealogy|Luxembourg Province]] </li>
    <li>[[Namur, Belgium Genealogy|Namur Province]] </li>
</ul>
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| Social activities
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[[Category:Belgium Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Belgium Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 14:47, 2 June 2017

Belgium Wiki Topics
Flag of Belgium.jpg
Beginning Research
Record Types
Belgium Background
Local Research Resources
Moderator

The FamilySearch moderator for Belgium 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
Birth date and birthplace
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
Death information
Emigration information
Historical background
Language helps
Living relatives
Maiden name
Marriage information
Naming customs
Noble families
Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members
Physical description
Place-finding aids
Places of residence
Previous research (compiled genealogy)
Record-finding aids
Religion
Social activities
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