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''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's birth record.'' | ''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's birth record.'' | ||
To find indexed birth records available on WieWasWie, use their page [[ | To find indexed birth records available on WieWasWie, use their page [[Wiewaswie.info/inhoud/watziterin.php]] that lists the avaliable records for each municipality. Remember, especially in later years, that one muncipality covers many towns.Try searching the town on Wikipedia. It will list the current municipality,but remember that muncipalities may have been merged more than once. Alternatively find the town on Zoekakten. Click on "algemene info" and it will list the munciplaities it has been part of and the dates. If records are not on WieWasWie, try FamilySearch's collections of Netherlands civil registration. It may be easier to access the images via Zoekakten. FamilySearch now has essentialy all Netherlands Civil registration images online that survive. Microfilm records still exist. <br> | ||
When looking for your ancestor's birth record, remember: | When looking for your ancestor's birth record, remember: | ||
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*Yearly indexes and 10-year indexes to the birth records exist. | *Yearly indexes and 10-year indexes to the birth records exist. | ||
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''Step 2. Find the entry for your ancestor.'' | ''Step 2. Find the entry for your ancestor.'' | ||
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''Step 4. Copy the information, and document your sources.'' | ''Step 4. Copy the information, and document your sources.'' | ||
If you can, photocopy the record or download it onto your computer, a disc or flashdrive/thumbdrive. If you can | If you can, photocopy the record or download it onto your computer, a disc or flashdrive/thumbdrive. If you can not, be sure to copy all the information in the entry, including: | ||
*All the people listed and their relationships to each other. (Remember, witnesses are often relatives.) | *All the people listed and their relationships to each other. (Remember, witnesses are often relatives.) | ||
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''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's marriage record.'' | ''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's marriage record.'' | ||
Again, use WieWasWie's WatZitErIn page. If WieWasWie | Again, use WieWasWie's WatZitErIn page. If WieWasWie does not contain the record, try FamilySearch, as with birth records. | ||
When looking for your ancestor's marriage record, remember: | When looking for your ancestor's marriage record, remember: | ||
*Marriage records are arranged chronologically. | *Marriage records are arranged chronologically. | ||
*Marriage records were kept by the civil registration office in the municipality where the marriage took place, usually the residence of the bride. | *Marriage records were kept by the civil registration office in the municipality where the marriage took place, usually the residence of the bride. | ||
*Yearly indexes and 10-year indexes to the marriage records exist. | *Yearly indexes and 10-year indexes to the marriage records exist. | ||
*The index is arranged by the husband's last name. | *The index is arranged by the husband's last name. | ||
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*''Tip 2.'' | *''Tip 2.'' | ||
What if I can | What if I can not read the record? Civil registration records are written in Dutch. The language used in the record may also be in French during the time Napoleon occupied the country. See the [[Netherlands Language and Languages]] or [[France Language and Languages]]. <br> | ||
''Step 3. Copy the information, and document your sources.'' | ''Step 3. Copy the information, and document your sources.'' | ||
If you can, photocopy the record or download it on a disc or flashdrive/thumbdrive. If you can | If you can, photocopy the record or download it on a disc or flashdrive/thumbdrive. If you can not, be sure to copy all the information in the entry, including: | ||
*All the people listed and their relationships to each other. (Remember, witnesses are often relatives.) | *All the people listed and their relationships to each other. (Remember, witnesses are often relatives.) | ||
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Information you can find in the death record: | Information you can find in the death record: | ||
*The names of the deceased | *The names of the deceased | ||
*The date of death. | *The date of death. | ||
*The names of the deceased's parents. | *The names of the deceased's parents. | ||
*The names of their' spouse. | *The names of their' spouse. | ||
*The age of the deceased at the time of death | *The age of the deceased at the time of death | ||
*The place of their birth. | *The place of their birth. | ||
*The occupation of the deceased. | *The occupation of the deceased. | ||