Netherlands Online Genealogy Records

The Netherlands

Online Genealogy Records

Guide to Netherlands Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

The Netherlands Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to countrywide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county, town, or parish), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Church Records and Vital Records Births, Baptisms, or Christenings; Marriages; Deaths or Burials Church Records and Civil Registration FamilySearch Historical Record Collection for the Netherlands has church records (best record to use before 1811) and civil registration (best record to use after 1811). However, they are much easier to navigate using Zoekakten as an index. Instructions for Zoekakten: see the article Zoekakten on this wiki. WieWasWie -a site containing indexes of civil registration and some Church records and Population registers. Incomplete. The following records have their own index.  These are growing collections, and should be searched again in the future. Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Netherlands, Bibliothèque Wallonne, Card Indexes, ca. 1500-1858. Abstracts of baptisms, marriages, deaths, and memberships from French Protestant parish registers from Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Card index. Incomplete. Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910. FamilySearch Historical Records. Indexed. Incomplete. Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910. MyHeritage.com, ($). Indexed. Incomplete. Netherlands, Marriages, 1565-1892. FamilySearch Historical Records. Indexed. Incomplete. Netherlands Marriages, 1565-1892, MyHeritage.com, ($). Index. Incomplete. Netherlands Births and Christenings, 1608-1882, ($). Index. Incomplete. Netherlands Marriages, 1637-1892, ($). Netherlands, Deaths and Burials, 1668-1945. FamilySearch Historical Records. Indexed. Incomplete. Netherlands, Deaths and Burials, 1668-1945. MyHeritage.com, ($). Indexed. Incomplete. British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-2005, index and images. British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-2005, index and images, ($) British Nationals Married Overseas 1818-2005, index and images, British Nationals Married Overseas 1818-2005,, index and images, ($) British Nationals Died Overseas 1818-2005, index and images. British Nationals Died Overseas 1818-2005, index and images, ($) Large Databases With Many Record Types Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium, geneaknowhow.net. Click on the folder titled “Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium”. The left-hand navigation bar includes general information, passenger lists, and then names each province in both countries with the sections. Digitale Stamboom. Indexed births, marriages, deaths,and other records from Gemmentearchief Delt, Archief Emland, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven, Gemeentearchief Rotterdam, Haags Gemeentearchief. Archivenet, website for the Dutch archive system]. If searching for a specific locality, click on “Nederland” in the top left and choose either “plaats” (place) or “provincie” (province). Click on the locality in which you want to search, and a list of all the archives, by type and town, comes up with automatic links.English is available for Surname Navigator The Netherlands. Megasearch engines by province. Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records — index

Biographies BiographyOnline, Famous Dutch People Biography Portal of the Netherlands Cemeteries Graftombe. Digital cemetery records with name search. Incomplete. Online Cemetery Records. Index. Incomplete. The Netherlands American Cemetery. Index. Population Registers and Censuses Netherlands, Census and Population Registers, 1574-1940. Some volumes are indexed and some places contain separate index volumes. Incomplete. Also at Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Population Registers Index, 1850-Present, index, ($). Citizenship Netherlands, Dutch Police Lists of Foreigners, 1930-1954, ($). Compiled Genealogies Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie. HCC Genealogie Stamboomzoeker, "Pedigree seeker". Genealogieonline GEDCOM Index The Netherlands. Index. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, index, ($) Emigration, Immigration, and Passenger Lists Web: Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Passenger Lists to India, 1699-1794. Index. Passagierslijsten tot en met 1736, prior to 1736. Partially indexed. Incomplete. Passagierslijsten ná 1736, since 1736. Partially indexed. Incomplete. Dutch Immigrants to America, 1820-1880, ($). index. Incomplete. Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894, ($). Index. Incomplete. Netherlands, Passenger Lists Holland-America Line, 1900-1974. Passenger lists for the Holland-America Line (Holland Amerika Lijn) Jewish Records JewishGen's Holocaust Database. Index. Incomplete. Military Records Soldiers in the Netherlands in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century Netherlands, Army Service Records, 1807-1929. Military service records of non-commissioned officers and enlisted men in the Netherlands Army. Images, units and date ranges indexed. "War Graves Foundation", 180,000 Dutch war casualties. Newspapers Online-Familieberichten Index, 1794-2013. Family announcements from national newspapers and regional magazines. Netherlands, Newspaper Announcements Index, 1795-1945, ($). Population Nederlands Familiennamenbank, "Dutch Name Bank", maps surname frequency. For translating vocabulary typically found on websites, see Dutch Websites- Vocabulary List.

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