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| [[Image:GEO Belgium Map lg.jpg|thumb|right]] | | |Name=Belgium |
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| == Getting started with Belgium research == | | }}{{breadcrumb |
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| Since 1830 Belgium was striving to gain its independence from the Netherlands in 1830. The London Convention of April 19 1839, also known as the Article XXIV of the Convention, marks the recognition of the Belgian independence.
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| The country prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.
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| | Guide to '''Belgium ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
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| | Belgium is a country in Europe bordered by [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Netherlands]], [[Germany Genealogy|Germany]], [[Luxembourg Genealogy|Luxembourg]], and [[France Genealogy|France]]. The official languages are Dutch, French, and German.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Belgium," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium, accessed 4 may 2016.</ref> |
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| | <b>Brussels (Bruxelles) capital region</b> |
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| | <li>[[Brussels (Bruxelles) Capital Region, Belgium Genealogy|Brussels (Bruxelles) Capital Region]] </li> |
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| | | <b>Flanders region (five provinces) -- Dutch Speaking:</b> |
| Flanders* region (five provinces): | | <ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-left:7px;"> |
| | | <li>[[Antwerp, Belgium Genealogy|Antwerp (Antwerpen) Province]] </li> |
| *Antwerpen (Antwerp) Province
| | <li>[[Limburg, Belgium Genealogy|Limburg Province]] </li> |
| [http://de-wit.net/bronnen/antwerpen-gesneuvelden-1914-1918.htm WWI casualties (1914-1918)]
| | <li>[[Oost Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium Genealogy|East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) Province]] </li> |
| *Limburg Province
| | <li>[[Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium Genealogy|Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant) Province]] </li> |
| *Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders) Province
| | <li>[[West Vlaanderen (West Flanders), Belgium Genealogy|West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen) Province]] </li> |
| *Vlaams-Brabant (Flemish Brabant) Province
| | </ul> |
| *West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders) Province
| | <br><b>Wallonia Region (five provinces) -- French Speaking:</b> |
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| <br> | | <li>[[Brabant Wallon, Belgium Genealogy|Walloon Brabant (Brabant wallon) Province]] </li> |
| | | <li>[[Hainaut, Belgium Genealogy|Hainaut Province]] </li> |
| Wallonia Region (five provinces):
| | <li>[[Liège, Belgium Genealogy|Liège Province]] </li> |
| | | <li>[[Luxembourg, Belgium Genealogy|Luxembourg Province]] </li> |
| *Brabant Wallon (Walloon Brabant) Province
| | <li>[[Namur, Belgium Genealogy|Namur Province]] </li> |
| *Hainaut Province
| | </ul> |
| *Liege Province
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| *Luxembourg Province
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| *Namur Province
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| <br>Note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities. | |
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| == Research Tools ==
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| *[http://www.familiekunde-vlaanderen.be/ Familiekunde Vlaanderen]
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| *[http://www.familiekunde-vlaanderen.be/ forum-yahoo-groepen Forum Familiekunde Vlaanderen]
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| *[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/belgium/index.html Belgium Genealogy Links]
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| *[http://belgium.rootsweb.com/ The Belgium-Roots Project]
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| *[http://genforum.genealogy.com/belgium/ Belgium Genealogy Forum]
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| *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inbr/index.html The Belgium Researchers] This web-site includes WWI and WWII Belgian-American draft cards
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| *[http://www.progenealogists.com/belgium/ Genealogy Research Belgium]
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| *[http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/european/belgium/resources/be-genealogy.html Genealogy: Belgium]
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| *[http://www.belgium-tourism.net Belgium Tourism]
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| *[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/royal/#Low Directory of Royal Genealogical Data]
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| *[http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Digital Resources the Netherlands And Belgium]
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| [[Category:Belgium]] | | [[Category:Belgium]] |
| | [[fr:Belgique]] [[pt:Bélgica]] |