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Online Sources

• AlleLimburgers
• Netherlands, Limburg Province, Civil Registration, 1792-1963, free, partial index with complete images
• WieWasWie, basic version free, index with some images.
• Netherlands, Limburg Province, Church Records, 1542-1910, free, browsable images.
  • Use Genealogie Werkbalk to find the correct set of images on FamilySearch.
• Netherlands, Limburg Parish Register Transcripts, 1562-1822, free, browsable images.

Introduction

• Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
• If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Regional and Municipal Archives

• The provincial archives are located in the capital of each of the 12 provinces.
• Municipal archives exist for most large towns. They contain the same type of genealogical records found in the state archives.
• The Family History Library has microfilmed many records from these archives.
• Each archive collects records from its respective province. Records of genealogical value at these archives include:

Church records. Civil registrations. Population registers. Censuses. Court records.

Military records. Emigration lists. Notarial records. Land records. Tax records.

Archives

Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg
Sint Pieterstraat 7
6211 JM Maastricht
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)43 328 55 00
Website
Persons Search (Regional Historical Center Limburg (RHCL))
Persons Search (Social Historical Center for Limburg (SHCL))

Municipal Archives

• Archives Portal Europe

1. Click on "Netherlands".
2. Click on "Limburg".
3. Click on the municipality.
4. Contact information is at the right of the directory list.