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◄ [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Netherlands Netherlands Homepage] <br> | ◄ [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Netherlands Netherlands Homepage] <br> | ||
== Burgelijke Stand / Civil Registration == | == Burgelijke Stand / Civil Registration == | ||
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*It will never say if the child is legitimate or illegitimate. | *It will never say if the child is legitimate or illegitimate. | ||
If a child was born out of wedlock it will just not mention a father, even if he is known. If the child's parents do later marry and acknowlegde the child as theirs, it will mention this in the margin. At that time the last name of the child will also change from the mother's last name to the father's last name.<br>Remember, this means also that when you enter the surname (last name) of this illegitimate child you have to make it an "or" name - born as "van der VEER" but later became "van WAGENAAR" - "van der VEER '''''or''''' | If a child was born out of wedlock it will just not mention a father, even if he is known. If the child's parents do later marry and acknowlegde the child as theirs, it will mention this in the margin. At that time the last name of the child will also change from the mother's last name to the father's last name.<br>Remember, this means also that when you enter the surname (last name) of this illegitimate child you have to make it an "or" name - born as "van der VEER" but later became "van WAGENAAR" - "van der VEER '''''or''''' van WAGENAAR".<br>If you do not do this others will have a very hard time finding that person in the original records of births as the child is not born as van WAGENAAR and thus not found in any index as such, nor when you look for the date of birth. <br>On the other hand, if you put only the birth name down, you will not find him/her in any of the marriage or death indexes or records. | ||
'''The following 5 steps will guide you in finding your ancestor in the Netherlands’ civil registration records.''' | '''The following 5 steps will guide you in finding your ancestor in the Netherlands’ civil registration records.''' | ||
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Certified by the mayor, official of the civil registration office in the Gemeente Wijhe. | Certified by the mayor, official of the civil registration office in the Gemeente Wijhe. | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | |||
[ | Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org.] | ||
[[Netherlands Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: | ||
*[[Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
*[[Netherlands Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Netherlands,_Zuid-Holland_Province_Civil_Registration_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
[[Category:Netherlands]] | [[Category:Netherlands]] | ||