Netherlands Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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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.
*[[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/ 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]]   
*[https://www.openarch.nl/ OpenArch] is another site, similiar to WieWasWie, but with slightly more records and a better search engine.  
*{{RecordSearch|2704829|Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records}} on FamilySearch indexes the same records on [https://www.openarch.nl/ OpenArch] but allows you to attach any sources found in the index directly to Family Tree.
* 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.