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| If you do not find records for your ancestor’s town of residence, try searching the records of nearby towns. Most notaries had clients from a wide geographical area. Furthermore, families often continued using the same notary even though they had moved elsewhere. | | If you do not find records for your ancestor’s town of residence, try searching the records of nearby towns. Most notaries had clients from a wide geographical area. Furthermore, families often continued using the same notary even though they had moved elsewhere. |
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| ===Records at the Family History Library=== | | ===Records at the FamilySearch Library=== |
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| The Family History Library has many Dutch notarial records on microfilm. Most are from the provinces of Noord–Holland, Zuid–Holland, Utrecht, and Zeeland and are pre–1811 records. Check the FamilySearch Catalog under: | | The FamilySearch Library has many Dutch notarial records on microfilm. Most are from the provinces of Noord–Holland, Zuid–Holland, Utrecht, and Zeeland and are pre–1811 records. Check the FamilySearch Catalog under: |
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| NETHERLANDS, [PROVINCE] – NOTARIAL RECORDS | | NETHERLANDS, [PROVINCE] – NOTARIAL RECORDS |