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== Record Finder Table for Belgium ==
== 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.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| 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  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Biography
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|-  
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*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*Societies
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
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*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
*Periodicals
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|-  
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*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
 
*Minorities
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|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| align="left" | Country of origin  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]


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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
 
*Minorities
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]] 
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*Voting Registers
*[[Belgium School Records|Schools]]
*Taxation
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| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Nobility
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Nobility
*[[Belgium Nobility|Nobility]]
*Heraldry
*[[Belgium Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
 
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
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*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium History|History]]
 
*Minorities
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Social Life and Customs
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
 
*Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| 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
| align="left" | Naming patterns
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| align="left" |Online classes
| 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
| align="left" |Writing for records
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{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| [[Belgium Census|Census]], [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]], [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Biography
|-
| Death information
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], Biography
|-
| Emigration information
| [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Societies, Minorities
|-
| Language helps
| [[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| Online Genealogy Records
|-
| Living relatives
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| Societies, Periodicals
|-
| Maiden name 
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
| Marriage information
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Biography
|-
| Naming customs
| Names, Personal
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Periodicals
|-
| Noble families
| Nobility, Heraldry
| [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Belgium Directories|Directories]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Census|Census]]
| [[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| [[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Societies
| [[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Biography
|-
| Physical description
| [[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]], Biography
| Online Genealogy Records
|-
| Places of residence
| [[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
|-
| Religion
| [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium History|History]]
| Minorities, [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
| Social activities
| Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium History|History]]
|}
|}


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

Revision as of 18:55, 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.

Record Finder Table for Belgium[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

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Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

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Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

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Immigration date
Country of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

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Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

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Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Provinces[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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. Brussels (Bruxelles) capital region


Flanders region (five provinces) -- Dutch Speaking:


Wallonia Region (five provinces) -- French Speaking:

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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