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Guide to Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

Aruba is the western most island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean, off the north shore of Venezuela. It is a constituent country of The Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official languages are Dutch and Papiamento.^[1]

Aruba Online Genealogy Records

Online
Research Help

Getting
Started

Aruba Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Aruba.

Regions[edit | edit source]

Aruba is divided into eight regions:

Noord/Tank Leendert
Oranjestad (west)
Oranjestad (east)
Paradera
Santa Cruz
Savaneta
Sint Nicolaas (north)
Sint Nicolaas (south)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Aruba," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba, accessed 5 May 2016.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Aruba," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba, accessed 5 May 2016.

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-Guide to Aruba genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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+Guide to '''Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+==Information==
+Aruba is the western most island of [[The Netherlands Antilles Genealogy|the Netherlands Antilles]] in the Caribbean, off the north shore of [[Venezuela Genealogy|Venezuela]]. It is a constituent country of [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. The official languages are Dutch and Papiamento.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Aruba," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba, accessed 5 May 2016.</ref>
-== Getting started with (Your Locality) research  ==
+{{ButtonsGroup}}
-{{wikipedia|Aruba|Aruba}}
+==Aruba Map==
+Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Aruba.<br>
+[[File:Aruba_map.png]]
-Aruba officially became a member state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on January 1, 1986, with full independence set for 1996, within a Dutch Commonwealth of sovereign states. Aruba is the western most island of the Netherland Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, off the north shore of Venezuela.
-See also the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aa.html
-== Jurisdictions  ==
-Aruba's Capital City is Oranjestad. See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjestad%2C_Aruba (Oranjestad)]
+== Regions ==
 Aruba is divided into eight regions:
+{|
-*Noord/Tank Leendert
-*Oranjestad (west)
-*Oranjestad (east)
-*Paradera
-*Santa Cruz
-*Savaneta
-*Sint Nicolaas (north)
-*Sint Nicolaas (south).
-== Research Tools  ==
-Useful websites:
-*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~antwgw/ Netherland Antilles GenWeb]
-You may also try a Database for genealogical research in Aruba:
-*[http://aruba-genealogy-databases.databases.bestvideotools.com/ Aruba Genealogy Databases]
-If you ever wanted to research your family tree and trace your ancestry, the internet has made this much easier than ever before.
-*(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
-*(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
-== Help Wanted  ==
-In order to make this Wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
-*[[Edit a page|Expanding an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]
-*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Creating a new article]]
-*[[How to categorize an article|Categorizing articles]]
-*[[Create an external link|Adding external links to articles]]
-*[[Create an internal link|Adding internal links to articles]]
-*Other...
-However, please do not change the lay-out of the pages you would like to work on as&nbsp;considerable thought went into what has already been entered. But we love to have your help as mentioned above.
-{{Click|Image:Volunteers wanted sm.png|https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Help_wanted_on_the_Aruba_pages|Wiki Volunteers Wanted}}
-To add your knowledge and help expand the wiki [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Help_wanted_on_the_Aruba_pages '''click here''']:
-== Did you know?  ==
-Did you know that Aruba has its own university? See: [http://www.ua.aw/ua/home.do (University of Aruba)]
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+    <li>Noord/Tank Leendert </li>
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+    <li>Oranjestad (west) </li>
+    <li>Oranjestad (east) </li>
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+    <li>Paradera </li>
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+    <li>Santa Cruz </li>
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+    <li>Savaneta </li>
+    <li>Sint Nicolaas (north) </li>
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+    <li>Sint Nicolaas (south)</li>
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+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Caribbean]] [[Category:Netherlands_Antilles]][[Category:Countries]]
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+[[Category:Aruba]]