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== Record Finder Table for Belgium ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
|-
 
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
|[[Belgium Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]], [[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France School Records|Schools]], Census
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Census|Census]], [[France Military Records|Military Records]], [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Biography
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[France Maps|Maps]], [[France History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[France Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[France Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Belgium Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[France History|History]], [[France Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Maps|Maps]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Periodicals
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[France Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Societies
*Minorities
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
*Minorities
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| align="left" | Residence
|[[France Names, Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]] 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
*Voting Registers
*[[Belgium School Records|Schools]]
*Taxation
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|[[France Nobility|Nobility]], [[France Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Nobility
|[[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[France Military Records|Military Records]]
*Nobility
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Occupation
|[[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Church Records|Church Records]], [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|[[France Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[France Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Belgium Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Belgium Directories|Directories]]
*[[Belgium Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| [[France Military Records|Military Records]], [[France Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Belgium Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Belgium History|History]]
*Minorities
*[[Belgium Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[France Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Belgium History|History]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[France Directories|Directories]], [[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Census|Census]], Voting Registers, [[France School Records|Schools]], Taxation
*[[Belgium Military Records|Military Records]]
*Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| [[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[France Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Biography|Biography]], [[France History|History]], [[France Nobility|Nobility]], [[France Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[France Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Belgium Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Netherlands Language and Languages|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]  
*[[German Word List|German]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List|French]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| [[France Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[France Societies|Societies]], [[France Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Online classes
| [[France Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[France Minorities|Minorities]], [[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*{{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}}
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social Life and Customs
|
| [[France History|History]]
|}
 
==Provinces==
{|
|
|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.'''
 
{| style="width:100%; vertical-align:top"|
|-
<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>
|-
|}
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 20:15, 11 August 2025

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Record Finder Table for Belgium

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Belgium topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives
  • Societies
  • Periodicals

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • Societies
  • Minorities
Country and town of origin
  • Societies
  • Minorities

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description

Reading the Records

Vocabulary
Naming patterns
Online classes


Writing for records

Provinces

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. Brussels (Bruxelles) capital region


Flanders region (five provinces) -- Dutch Speaking:


Wallonia Region (five provinces) -- French Speaking:

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