Zeeland, Netherlands Genealogy

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Guide to Zeeland, The Netherlands ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Background Information

For Geographical and Historical information see: Zeeland. The capital city of Zeeland is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about 2930 km², of which almost 1140 km² is water. See: Middelburg. Because of the bombings of the dikes in 1940 and 1944, as well as the terrible floods of 1953, many church and civil records have been lost. If you can't find the records you need for the town your ancestors came from, try search court and notarial records. Zeeland is probably the province from where the most people emigrated in the 19th century. Many members of the seceder churches emigrated in the 1840′s. They followed Rev. Cornelis van der Meulen to the newly founded colony of Holland, MI. Even more people emigrated at the end of the 19th century. Thousands of people from Zeeland left to find a new home. Many people from Zeeuws-Vlaanderen settled in the areas around the Great Lakes like Michigan and Wisconsin. Other people settled in New York state.

Jurisdictions

• Constituent parts:

• Schouwen-Duiveland
• Tholen
• Noord-Beveland
• Walcheren, Zuid-Beveland
• Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (Zealands Flanders)

• Municipalities before 2006
  
• Municipalities after 2006
  

Websites

• Zeeuwen Gezocht, All civil marriage records - from 1796/1811 till 1933, including list of emigrants.