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* Church records are crucial for pre-1811 Dutch research. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving register is from 1542 at Deventer. Catholic churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and death records in 1563; Dutch Reformed churches after 1572. | * Church records are crucial for pre-1811 Dutch research. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving register is from 1542 at Deventer. Catholic churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and death records in 1563; Dutch Reformed churches after 1572. | ||
* Nagelaten, literally "left behind", means the other person died. <br> | |||
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