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Reading Dutch Civil Registration (view source)
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This page shall help English speakers read, translate and understand [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Dutch Birth, Marriage and Death records]] after 1811.Examples of each are used and translated line by line. | This page shall help English speakers read, translate and understand [[Netherlands Civil Registration|Dutch Birth, Marriage and Death records]] after 1811.Examples of each are used and translated line by line. The aim of this page is not to provide a word by word dictionary, but a general overview of the usual format. It is assumed that the reader has access to a Dutch wordlist or dictionary; several can be found on the page [[Netherlands Language and Languages]] | ||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
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Image: Netherlands Birth Registration.jpg| | Image: Netherlands Birth Registration.jpg|Example Birth Record | ||
Image: Netherlands Transcription of birth registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | Image: Netherlands Transcription of birth registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | ||
Image: Netherlands Translation of birth registrations.jpg|English Translation | Image: Netherlands Translation of birth registrations.jpg|English Translation | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''Op Heden Den Tweeentwingtsten Maart Achtienhonderd Een-en-veertig''': The first line is the date the birth was registered, not that date of birth. You will need to know Dutch numbers and months to read ths line. This example reads ''Today the twenty-second March Eighteen Hundred and Forty-One.'' | '''Op Heden Den Tweeentwingtsten Maart Achtienhonderd Een-en-veertig''': The first line is the date the birth was registered, not that date of birth. You will need to know Dutch numbers and months to read ths line. This example reads ''Today the twenty-second March Eighteen Hundred and Forty-One.'' | ||
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That is a typical birth record from the Netherlands. Sometimes the witnesses are named straight after the informant. | That is a typical birth record from the Netherlands. Sometimes the witnesses are named straight after the informant. | ||
If the mother is illegitimate, the father might later the acknowledge the child as his (it may not actually be his child). A note will be written in the margin in that case. | If the mother is illegitimate, the father might later the acknowledge the child as his (it may not actually be his child). A note will be written in the margin in that case. | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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Image: Netherlands Death Registration.jpg|Example Death record | Image: Netherlands Death Registration.jpg|Example Death record | ||
Image: Netherlands Transcription of death registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | Image: Netherlands Transcription of death registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | ||