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*The ages, residence, birthplace and occupations of the bride and groom. | *The ages, residence, birthplace and occupations of the bride and groom. | ||
*The date of your ancestors' marriage. | *The date of your ancestors' marriage. | ||
*The names of the parents and their residence and occupation, if living. | *The names of the parents and their residence and occupation, if living. | ||
*Whether the bride and groom were single or widowed before the marriage. | *Whether the bride and groom were single or widowed before the marriage. | ||
*The names of the witnesses, their ages, occupations, residence, and relationship to the bride or groom, if any. <br> | *The names of the witnesses, their ages, occupations, residence, and relationship to the bride or groom, if any. <br> | ||
The following records will usually be found in a Huwelijksbijlagen (Marriage supplement) | The following records will usually be found in a '''Huwelijksbijlagen''' (''Marriage supplement'') | ||
*Copies of birth or baptism records of bride and groom | *Copies of birth or baptism records of bride and groom | ||
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== Finding Netherlands Civil Registration Records Online == | == Finding Netherlands Civil Registration Records Online == | ||
Access to Netherlands Civil Registration records online is excellent. There is | Access to Netherlands Civil Registration records online is excellent. There is no need to use microfilms or to visit archives. Nearly all records have survived, since two copies were made of each record and stored separately. The losses that have occurred are mostly Marriage Supplements, since they were not duplicated. | ||
Law allows Birth records up to 1916, marriage records up to 1941 and death records up to 1966 to be released to the public as of 2017. Archives can be up to 10 years behind putting them online. | Law allows Birth records up to 1916, marriage records up to 1941 and death records up to 1966 to be released to the public as of 2017. Archives can be up to 10 years behind putting them online. | ||
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'''First search these sites to find a record:''' | '''First search these sites to find a record:''' | ||
* [ | * [[WieWasWie]] is the official government site and has almost all marriages online, many deaths and some births. Some will have a link to the original image attached. For free you can search for 1 or 2 people with an exact spelling. With a subscription you can search with wildcards. [http://wiewaswie.info/inhoud/watziterin.php WatZitErIn] has a list of what is available on WieWasWie, however the dates it gives are often inaccurate. | ||
* [https://www.openarch.nl/ | * [https://www.openarch.nl/ OpenArch] is another site, similiar to WieWasWie, but with slightly more records and a better search engine. Some of their records are on FamilySearch in the record collection [[Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records]] | ||
* The websites of local and provincial archives are all free, and may have slightly more records or better links to images than WieWasWie. See [[Netherlands Regional Websites]] | * The websites of local and provincial archives are all free, and may have slightly more records or better links to images than WieWasWie. See [[Netherlands Regional Websites]] | ||
* FamilySearch is beginning to put indexed records online. Most significant are their Delft and Amsterdam(partial) Births collections, which cannot be found on WieWasWie. | * FamilySearch is beginning to put indexed records online. Most significant are their Delft and Amsterdam(partial) Births collections, which cannot be found on WieWasWie. | ||
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=== | === Marriage Supplements === | ||
Especially for earlier marriages, viewing the marriage supplements can be very useful. The example below shows a typical scenario: | |||
It is desired to find the marriage supplements of Cornelis Josephus Johannes Alewisius Baar and Maria Rijnders who married in Arnhem on 8 June 1881, act number 141 | It is desired to find the marriage supplements of Cornelis Josephus Johannes Alewisius Baar and Maria Rijnders who married in Arnhem on 8 June 1881, act number 141 (as found on WieWasWie) | ||
1. Go to Zoekakten, then GL, then Arnhem, then Huwelijksbijlagen, then the film for 1881 and part of 1882. Zoekakten has indexed this film. For 1881 the supplements take images 9-1730. This marriage is in June, so estimate just before halfway and try 800. | 1. Go to Zoekakten, then GL, then Arnhem, then Huwelijksbijlagen, then the film for 1881 and part of 1882. Zoekakten has indexed this film. For 1881 the supplements take images 9-1730. This marriage is in June, so estimate just before halfway and try 800. | ||