Netherlands Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

Always view the Marriage supplements after you have found a marriage using Zoekakten. Note the ''aktenummer'' (act number) of the marriage record, for the supplements are arranged in order of number. On the basis of date or aktenummer (the total number for the year is often listed on Zoekakten) make a preliminary guess (e.g. if there are 1000 images, and you are looking for a June marriage, estimate around image #500). In some places the number is placed prominently in the corner of the image on a white card; otherwise use FamilySearch's new thumbnail feature to find the title pages for each marriage giving the ''aktenummer'', groom, and number of pages (not necessarily the number of images) . Finding the record you are after can be a long process, but it is worth it. As a general rule when searching, each marriage takes 5-6 images.  Zoekakten and WieWasWie have began a partnership to index Marriage supplements, making them far easier to browse.