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=== Online Records ===
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*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=belgium Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Belgium
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=== Emigration records (Emigratie registers, Registres des émigrés)  ===
=== Emigration records (Emigratie registers, Registres des émigrés)  ===

Revision as of 16:03, 31 March 2021

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Moderator

The FamilySearch moderator for Belgium is Daniel Jones.

Online Records[edit | edit source]



Emigration records (Emigratie registers, Registres des émigrés)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Very valuable for making proper connections to place of origin and residence in Belgium. Many researchers do not know their ancestor's place of origin.

Record type: Lists of emigrants and immigrants, and permissions for those moving within Belgium.

Time Period: 1500-present.

Content: Emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, birth dates and places, residences, destination; wife’s and childrens’ given names and ages or number of children; reasons for emigration; taxes paid; religion, military service, etc.

Location: Provincial and municipal archives.

Population coverage: 5-10%.[1]

For an extensive article with many resources, click here.

Surname Distribution Maps[edit | edit source]

Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through surname distribution maps.

Emigration to Sweden[edit | edit source]

A large group of emigrants left Wallonia to work in promoting mining and industry in Sweden. For more, see: Vallons in Sweden.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.