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== Record Finder Table for Belgium ==
 
== Record Finder Table for France ==
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.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| 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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[France Directories|Directories]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Periodicals
|-  
|-  
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*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.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*Societies
*Minorities
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country of origin  
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*Societies
*Minorities
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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[France Nobility|Nobility]]
*Nobility
*[[France Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*Heraldry
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France 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  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France 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]]
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| align="left" | Naming patterns
| align="left" | Naming patterns
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| align="left" |Online classes
| align="left" |Online classes
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*{{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}}.
<br>
*{{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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==Jurisdictions==
==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 jurisdiction, including links to actual records.'''
|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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| 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:'''
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| 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


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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>
|-
|-
| Religion
|}
| [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium History|History]]
| Minorities, [[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
| Social activities
| Social Life and Customs
| [[Belgium History|History]]
|}
|}


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