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''[[The Netherlands Genealogy|Netherlands]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caribbean]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[The_Netherlands_Antilles_Genealogy|Netherlands Antilles]]'' {{The Netherlands Antilles-sidebar}}
''[[The Netherlands Genealogy|Netherlands]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caribbean]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[The_Netherlands_Antilles_Genealogy|Netherlands Antilles]]'' {{The Netherlands Antilles-sidebar}}


Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.  
Guide to '''The Netherlands Antilles ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.  


[[Image:Map of Netherlands Antilles.png|250px|Map of Netherlands Antilles.png]]
==Country Information==
 
The Nederlandse Antillen (The Netherlands Antilles) was a former autonomous part of [[The Netherlands Genealogy|The Netherlands]], consisting of the West Indies islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, and formerly Aruba—all 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.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles Netherlands Antilles]</ref><ref>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]</ref>
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The Nederlandse Antillen (The Netherlands Antilles) was a former autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the West Indies islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, and formerly Aruba—all 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.  
 
As of October 2010, the country of the Netherlands Antilles no longer exists. For more historical and geographical information see:
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles Netherlands Antilles]  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]


'''Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.''' The northern 60% of the island of Sint Maarten is called [[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]] and is a part of the French Antilles (of [[France]]). The southern 40% of the island of [[The_Netherlands_Antilles_Genealogy|Sint Maarten]] was formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, since 2010 a constituent country of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten Sint Maarten] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 July 2015).</ref>  
'''Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.''' The northern 60% of the island of Sint Maarten is called [[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]] and is a part of the French Antilles (of [[France]]). The southern 40% of the island of [[The_Netherlands_Antilles_Genealogy|Sint Maarten]] was formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, since 2010 a constituent country of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten Sint Maarten] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 July 2015).</ref>  
==Getting Started ==
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<h3>Getting Started with The Netherlands Antilles Research</h3>
Links to articles on getting started with The Netherlands Antilles research.
*[[Introduction to Antilles Search Strategy|Introduction to Antilles Search Strategies]]


=== Jurisdictions  ===
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<h3>The Netherlands Antilles Research Tools</h3>
'''''See also:'''''
Links to articles and websites that assist in The Netherlands Antilles research.
 
:*[[Aruba Genealogy|Aruba]]
:*[[Bonaire Genealogy|Bonaire]]
:*[[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]]
:*[[Saba Genealogy|Saba]]
:*[[Sint Eustatius Genealogy|Sint Eustatius]]
:*[[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]]
 
=== Research Tools  ===
 
'''Strategies'''
 
[[Introduction to Antilles Search Strategy|Introduction to Antilles Search Strategies]]
 
A wonderful web-site for doing research in the Antilles is:
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oVpYKaynw5MC&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=%22churches+found+on+sint+eustatius%22&source=web&ots=Co6cLN4772&sig=tKY7zwTl6TyDS7G0tYmWfg8lTH4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA167,M1 Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas]
*[http://www.infoplease.com/country/netherlands-antilles.html Netherlands Antilles] geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
*[http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/netherlands-antilles.html Encyclopedia]
 
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==The Netherlands Antilles Clickable Map==
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in The Netherlands Antilles.  Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.
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==Jurisdictions==
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in The Netherlands Antilles.  Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.


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*[[Aruba Genealogy|Aruba]]
*[[Bonaire Genealogy|Bonaire]]
*[[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]]
*[[Saba Genealogy|Saba]]
*[[Sint Eustatius Genealogy|Sint Eustatius]]
*[[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]]
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