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==Military records (Militaire registers, Registres de conscription)== | === Military records (Militaire registers, Registres de conscription) === | ||
Research use: Useful when following soldier’s families to find births of children, marriages in various locations, and births and deaths of soldiers. | Research use: Useful when following soldier’s families to find births of children, marriages in various locations, and births and deaths of soldiers. | ||
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Population coverage: 25%.<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> | Population coverage: 25%.<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> | ||
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Military records (Militaire registers, Registres de conscription)[edit | edit source]
Research use: Useful when following soldier’s families to find births of children, marriages in various locations, and births and deaths of soldiers.
Record type: Military registers, service records, conscription lists, mercenary lists.
Time Period: 1700-present.
Content: Soldiers’ and mercenaries’ names; ages, birthplaces, rank, dates and places of muster, religion, languages, deportment. Birth registers and lists of 17-21 year old males, their parents, residence, physical descriptions. Death registers show date and place or country of death, discharge records show dates and places of discharge, ages, handicaps, residences.
Location: State, provincial and city archives; Archives Royales de l’Armee, Brussels (1825-1900), Service Historique de l’Armee, Chateau de Vincennes, France (1795-1815).
Population coverage: 25%.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.