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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>
 
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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:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Belgium Census|Census]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Belgium Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Belgium 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|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Census|Census]], [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]], [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], 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;"|
| Gazetteers, [[Belgium Maps|Maps]], [[Belgium History|History]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| Historical Geography, [[Belgium 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:'''
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies, 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;"|
| [[Belgium History|History]], [[Belgium Church History|Church History]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Maps|Maps]], 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;"|
| [[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| Online Genealogy Records
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Periodicals
|-
|}
 
=== 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:'''
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Societies, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Belgium 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
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], 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:'''
| Names, Personal
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Nobility, Heraldry
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[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:'''
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Societies
*Nobility
| [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Biography
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]], Biography
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| Online Genealogy 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;"|
| Gazetteers, [[Belgium Maps|Maps]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| 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;"|  
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium Census|Census]], Voting Registers, [[Belgium 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;"|
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Periodicals, Societies
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
| Biography, [[Belgium History|History]], Nobility, Heraldry, Minorities
*Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Word List|German]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List|French]]
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}.
| Societies, Periodicals, Online indexes
*{{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
| Religion
|
| [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium History|History]]
|}
| Minorities, [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
==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>
<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>
|-
|-
|}
| Social activities
| Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium History|History]]
|}
|}


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Revision as of 22:47, 5 November 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, Census Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial 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 Cemeteries, Probate Records, Biography
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies, Minorities
Historical background History, Church History Maps, Minorities
Language helps Language and Languages Online Genealogy Records
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 Genealogy
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 Online Genealogy Records
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, Online indexes
Religion Church Records, History Minorities, Cemeteries
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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