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== Province Information == | == Province Information == | ||
*Urk and Emmeloord were historically islands, with distinct cultures and dialects. | |||
*On 1 January 1986 the Netherlands officially added, after more than one hundred years, a new province: Flevoland. The crowning of the immense project to drain large parts of the IJsselmeer. After the Noordoostpolder and Eastern Flevoland, Southern Flevoland also dried up in 1968. The three polders all belong to the new province. The Romans gave the name Flevo to the inland sea that, after the Afsluitdijk was build, is now the IJsselmeer. | *On 1 January 1986 the Netherlands officially added, after more than one hundred years, a new province: Flevoland. The crowning of the immense project to drain large parts of the IJsselmeer. After the Noordoostpolder and Eastern Flevoland, Southern Flevoland also dried up in 1968. The three polders all belong to the new province. The Romans gave the name Flevo to the inland sea that, after the Afsluitdijk was build, is now the IJsselmeer. | ||
*It borders on Friesland and Overijssel in the east, Gelderland and Utrecht in the south, Noord-Holland and the IJsselmeer in the west and the IJsselmeer in the north. | *It borders on Friesland and Overijssel in the east, Gelderland and Utrecht in the south, Noord-Holland and the IJsselmeer in the west and the IJsselmeer in the north. | ||
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== Websites== | == Websites== | ||
*[http://www.nieuwlanderfgoed.nl/english New Land Heritage Center, genealogical records for Urk and Schokland]. | *[http://www.nieuwlanderfgoed.nl/english New Land Heritage Center, genealogical records for Urk and Schokland]. | ||
*[https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/home/ WieWasWie], civil registration and church records | *[https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/home/ WieWasWie], civil registration and church records | ||
{{Geographic location | |||
|title = '''Neighbouring Provinces''' | |||
|Center = Flevoland | |||
|North = [[Fryslân_or_Friesland_Genealogy|Friesland]] | |||
|Northeast = [[Drenthe, The Netherlands Genealogy|Drenthe]]<br /> | |||
|East = | |||
|Southeast = | |||
|South = [[Gelderland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Gelderland]] | |||
|Southwest = [[Gelderland, The Netherlands Genealogy|Gelderland]]<br /> | |||
|West = [[Fryslân_or_Friesland,_The_Netherlands_Genealogy|Friesland]] | |||
|Northwest = [[Fryslân_or_Friesland,_The_Netherlands_Genealogy|Friesland]] | |||
}} | |||
[[Category:Flevoland Province, Netherlands]] | [[Category:Flevoland Province, Netherlands]] | ||