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| Guide to Aruba genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. {{Aruba-sidebar}} | | {{CountrySidebar |
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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> |
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| == Getting started with (Your Locality) research ==
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| | ==Aruba Map== |
| | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Aruba.<br> |
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| 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.
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| See also the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aa.html
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| == Jurisdictions ==
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| Aruba's Capital City is Oranjestad. See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjestad%2C_Aruba (Oranjestad)]
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| | == Regions == |
| Aruba is divided into eight regions: | | Aruba is divided into eight regions: |
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| *Noord/Tank Leendert
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| *Oranjestad (west)
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| *Santa Cruz
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| *Savaneta
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| *Sint Nicolaas (north)
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| *Sint Nicolaas (south).
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| == Research Tools ==
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| Useful websites:
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| *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~antwgw/ Netherland Antilles GenWeb]
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| You may also try a Database for genealogical research in Aruba:
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| *[http://aruba-genealogy-databases.databases.bestvideotools.com/ Aruba Genealogy Databases]
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| If you ever wanted to research your family tree and trace your ancestry, the internet has made this much easier than ever before.
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| *(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
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| == Help Wanted ==
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| In order to make this Wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
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| However, please do not change the lay-out of the pages you would like to work on as considerable thought went into what has already been entered. But we love to have your help as mentioned above.
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| 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''']:
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| == Did you know? ==
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| Did you know that Aruba has its own university? See: [http://www.ua.aw/ua/home.do (University of Aruba)]
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| </div><br> | | ==References== |
| [[Category:Caribbean]] [[Category:Netherlands_Antilles]] [[Category:Countries]] | | {{reflist}} |
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| | [[Category:Aruba]] |