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*Also, the handwriting can be slightly different, so you will want to watch these lessons, as needed, depending on the pre-dominant language in the region your ancestors lived: | *Also, the handwriting can be slightly different, so you will want to watch these lessons, as needed, depending on the pre-dominant language in the region your ancestors lived: | ||
::{{LearningCenter2|93| | ::{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}. | ||
::{{LearningCenter2|94| | ::{{LearningCenter2|94|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Dutch Words and Dates}}. | ||
::{{LearningCenter2|95| | ::{{LearningCenter2|95|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Dutch Records}}. | ||
*[ | *[[Media:1-NL_Civil_Registration_Birth_Records-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Birth Records]] | ||
*[ | *[[Media:1-NL_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Marriage Records]] | ||
*[ | *[[Media:1-NL_Civil_Registration_Death_Records-Instruction.pdf|Reading Dutch Death Records]] | ||
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*Effective use of civil registration and church records includes the following strategies: | *Effective use of civil registration and church records includes the following strategies: | ||
#Identify your ancestor by finding his '''birth or christening record.''' | #Identify your ancestor by finding his '''birth or christening record.''' | ||
#When you find an | #When you find an ancestor's birth or baptismal record, search for the '''births of siblings'''.<br> | ||
#Search for the ''' | #Search for the '''parents' marriage record'''. Typically, the marriage took place one or two years before the oldest child was born. | ||
#Search for the '''parents' birth records.''' On the average, people married in their early 20s, so subtact 25 or so years from the marriage date for a starting year to search for the parents' birth records. | #Search for the '''parents' birth records.''' On the average, people married in their early 20s, so subtact 25 or so years from the marriage date for a starting year to search for the parents' birth records. | ||
#Search the '''death registers for all family members.''' | #Search the '''death registers for all family members.''' |
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