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 ''Step 1. Find where the record is avaliable.''
+Remember that civil registration is kept by each municipality. Not every town has its own municipality. To find which municipality a town was in, go to that towns page on Zoekakten(see below), and click on 'algemene info". It will give municipalities and the relevant dates.
 The following sources should be consulted
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 *[http://wiewaswie.nl WieWasWie] online index, with some images. Use [
- [http://wiewaswie.info/inhoud/watziterin.php WatZitErIn] to find what is available for each town
+*[http://wiewaswie.info/inhoud/watziterin.php WatZitErIn] to find what is available for each town
-*[http://zoekakten.nl Zoekakten] has images of nearly every Dutch civil registration record.
+*[http://zoekakten.nl Zoekakten] has images of nearly every Dutch civil registration record. It links to FamilySearch, but breaks down films for easier viewing.
 *[http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow] many contain links to other indexes and family reconstructions
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-When looking for your ancestor's birth record, remember:
-*Birth records are arranged chronologically.
+''Step 2. Find the entry for your ancestor.''
-*Birth records were kept by the civil registration office in the municipality where your ancestor lived.
-*Yearly indexes and 10-year indexes to the birth records exist.
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+If there are indexes available, use these to search for the record you are looking for. Remember that all indexes have mistakes, so try another index or search manually if you can't find what you are looking for.
+Otherwise, Zoekakten has images of tienjarige-tafels(ten year tables) and one year indexes. The one year indexes are located at the end of each year's records. Ten year tables are located separately.
+The names will be alphabetically, though sometimes only the first letter is alphabetized. It will have the date of the record, though not the record number. Parents names will not be given.
-''Step 2. Find the entry for your ancestor.''
+ If there are several candidates for the person you are looking for, you will need to view each record to ascertain which is correct. If their name is common, e.g. Jan Jansen, this could be a lot of work. If the person you are looking for married, always look at their marriage supplements to find an extracted copy of their birth record.
-Use the index first. Look for the last name, and then look for the given name. Record the date of registration and entry number. Next locate the entry. If you do not know the exact year your ancestor was born, go to the 10 year indices and see if you can find the name there, it will tell you the date the person's information was registered. If you do not know the names of your ancestor's parents, you may have to check further to make sure you find the correct entry:
+Eliminate the entries that contradict what you know about your ancestor. Check death records to see if any of the children died before your ancestor did. Check marriage records to see if any of the children married someone other than your ancestor's spouse (but remember that your ancestor may have married more than once).
-*Find the entries for all the children with the same given name and last name as your ancestor. Start with the year when you think your ancestor was born. Then check the entries for five years before and five years after. You may find several entries for children with the same name but with different parents.
+'' Step 3. Copy the doucument. ''
-*Eliminate the entries that contradict what you know about your ancestor. Check death records to see if any of the children died before your ancestor did. Check marriage records to see if any of the children married someone other than your ancestor's spouse (but remember that your ancestor may have married more than once).
+If viewing via Zoekakten/FamilySearch, download the document to your computer. If viewing an index or transcription, always view the original. It may contain additional information. Some indexes will inevitability have errors.
-*Make sure the birth entry is of your direct line ancestor. Because names are so common, you must be sure you have the correct entry.
 ''Step 3. Find the entries for each brother and sister of your ancestor.''