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| === Nationaal Archief (National Archive) === | | === Nationaal Archief (National Archive) === |
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| The Dutch government collects records relating to Dutch history, culture, and people. The National Archive is located in ’s-Gravenhage and has the following web-site: . It contains records of a national nature. <br>To find addresses of other archives, see: [http://www.archiefnet.nl/ Archives]. You can access it in 5 different languages, namely Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish. <br> The Nationaal Archief is the largest public archive in the Netherlands. Almost 1000 years of Dutch history are stored here, in 93 kilometres of documents, maps, drawings and photographs. <br> The Nationaal Archief manages more than 6,000 different archives. In this section (see the web-site) you can find out what records the National Archives have in their possession. The documents themselves can only be consulted in the reading room.
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| Each archive collects records from its respective province. Records of genealogical value at these archives include:
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| *Church records.
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| *Civil registrations.
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| *Population registers.
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| *Censuses.
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| *Court records.
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| *Military records.
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| *Emigration lists.
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| *Notarial records.
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| *Land records.
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| *Tax records.
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| The Archives Law of 1962 allows free public access to any document found in government archives. There are fees for copies of the records. Records in other repositories such as municipal halls and church, business, and private archives are not open to the public. | | The Archives Law of 1962 allows free public access to any document found in government archives. There are fees for copies of the records. Records in other repositories such as municipal halls and church, business, and private archives are not open to the public. |