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Membership records are usually in the archive of the church council [''kerkeraad''] of the parish. Sometimes they are part of the baptism or marriage register. | Membership records are usually in the archive of the church council [''kerkeraad''] of the parish. Sometimes they are part of the baptism or marriage register. | ||
== Church Council Minutes | === Church Council Minutes (''Kerkeraadshandelingen'') === | ||
Minutes of the church council can provide important information about your ancestor. They usually contain ministers’ names and dates of service, appointments of elders and other parish officials, disciplinary actions, names of fathers of illegitimate children, and money paid for the poor. | Minutes of the church council can provide important information about your ancestor. They usually contain ministers’ names and dates of service, appointments of elders and other parish officials, disciplinary actions, names of fathers of illegitimate children, and money paid for the poor. | ||
Certificates of indemnity or surety [akten van indemniteit] were sometimes issued to church members moving to a new town. The certificates guaranteed that the former parish would receive the people back in case they became poor. | Certificates of indemnity or surety [akten van indemniteit] were sometimes issued to church members moving to a new town. The certificates guaranteed that the former parish would receive the people back in case they became poor. | ||
== Finding Netherlands Church Records == | == Finding Netherlands Church Records == | ||