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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;"|
|[[Belgium Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France School Records|Schools]], Census
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Belgium Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Census|Census]], [[France Military Records|Military Records]], [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[France Maps|Maps]], [[France History|History]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[France Church History|Church History]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Biography
|-
|}
 
===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:'''
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[France Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[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;"|
| [[France History|History]], [[France Church History|Church History]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Maps|Maps]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
|  
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Periodicals
|-
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
*Minorities
|-
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| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
*Minorities
|}
 
=== 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:'''
|[[France Names, Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[France Nobility|Nobility]], [[France Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]] 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*Voting Registers
*[[Belgium School Records|Schools]]
*Taxation
|}
 
=== 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:'''
|[[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[France Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Societies|Societies]]
*Nobility
|[[France Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Military Records|Military Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[France Maps|Maps]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium History|History]]
*Minorities
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Social Life and Customs
| [[France Census|Census]], Voting Registers, [[France School Records|Schools]], Taxation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[France Societies|Societies]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[France Biography|Biography]], [[France History|History]], [[France Nobility|Nobility]], [[France Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Word List|German]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List|French]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| [[France Minorities|Minorities]], [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs
*{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}.
| [[France History|History]]
*{{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}}
|-
| 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.'''
 
{| style="width:100%; vertical-align:top"|
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<b>Brussels (Bruxelles) capital region</b>
<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-left:7px;">
    <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>
|-
|}
|}
|}


[[Category:Belgium Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Belgium Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 16:20, 13 June 2017

Belgium Wiki Topics
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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 Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Schools, Census Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Jewish Records Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers, Maps, History Historical Geography, Church History
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Jewish Records Cemeteries, Probate Records, Biography
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies, Minorities
Historical background History, Church History Maps, Minorities
Language helps Language and Languages
Living relatives Directories, Genealogy Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Notarial Records
Marriage information Civil Registration, Church Records Notarial Records, Biography
Naming customs Names (Personal) Genealogy, Periodicals
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry
Occupations Directories, Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members Civil Registration, Church Records, Genealogy, Societies Probate Records, Notarial Records, Biography
Physical description Military Records, Biography
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Historical Geography
Places of residence Civil Registration, Directories, Emigration and Immigration Census, Voting Registers, Schools, Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies Biography, History, Nobility, Heraldry, Minorities
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church Records Minorities, Cemeteries
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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