Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands Genealogy

Getting started with The Netherlands Antilles research The Nederlandse Antillen (The Netherlands Antilles) are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the West Indies islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, and formerly Aruba off the north coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, and Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten (part French), east of the US Virgin Islands. For more historical and geographical information see: Netherlands Antilles The capital city of The Netherlands Antilles is Willemstad The countries motto is: Libertate unanimus (Latin: "Unified by freedom") Jurisdictions Islands Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Research Tools Strategies Introduction to Antilles Search Strategies A wonderful web-site for doing research in the Antilles is: Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas Another great site is: Netherlands Antilles GenWeb (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: Expand an article or short page Create a new article Categorize articles Add external links to articles Add internal links to articles Other... Featured Content (Your text or images here) Did you know? (Your text or images here, or use the table below:) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) News and Events Hot off the Press! Current Events more... Topics Archives and Libraries Biographies Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration and Immigration Ethnic Groups Genealogies Geography Geography (Historical) Handwriting History Land and Property Language Military Names, Personal Newspapers Nobility Occupations Periodicals Place Names Probate Records Schools Social Life and Customs Societies Taxation Vital Records Useful Websites Websites