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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 ==
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This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
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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
| 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]]
*[[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
| Death information
| 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 Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], 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
| 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]]
*[[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:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| 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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Periodicals
|-
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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*Societies
*Minorities
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
*Minorities
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Online Genealogy Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies, Periodicals
*[[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:'''
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*Nobility
| [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Biography
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Names, Personal
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Periodicals
*[[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
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Nobility, Heraldry
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium History|History]]
*Minorities
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Census|Census]]
*Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| 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
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Biography
*Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]], Biography
*[[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| Online Genealogy Records
*[[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Word List|German]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List|French]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Belgium Census|Census]], Voting Registers, [[Belgium School Records|Schools]], Taxation


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| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium History|History]]
*{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}.
| Minorities, [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*{{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>
<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>
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|-
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| Social activities
| Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium History|History]]
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Revision as of 18:52, 22 January 2021

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.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records Cemeteries, Probate Records, Biography
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies, 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
Places of residence Civil Registration, Directories, Emigration and Immigration Census, Voting Registers, Schools, Taxation
Religion Church Records, History Minorities, Cemeteries
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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