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In 1594, Groningen was conquered from the Spanish by the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, it was the precursor state of the Netherlands, to which it belonged from then on.<br><br>

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_(province) Groningen (province)] (Wikipedia)

The capital city of the province of Groningen is Groningen. See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_(city) Groningen (city)] (Wikipedia). At the end of the 19th century, the crops were very poor in Groningen. That’s one of the reasons why many people emigrated to the United States. Most of them ended up around the Great Lakes, predominantly in Michigan.

*[[Groningen Municipalities|Municipalities prior to 1998]]<br>

*[[Groningen Municipalities after 1998|Municipalities after 1998]]<br>

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'''Civil registration''' records are government records of births, marriages, and deaths.  Access to Netherlands Civil Registration records online is excellent. There is usually no longer any need to use microfilms from the Family History Library, or to visit archives. Nearly all records have survived, since two copies were made of each record and stored separately. <br>

*'''Contents:'''

**'''Births(''Geboorten''):''' Child’s name, birth date and place; parents’ names, ages, residence, and occupation: witnesses’ name, ages, occupations, residences; yearly indexes.

**'''Marriage supplements(''Huwelijksbijlagen''):''' Copies of birth or baptism records of bride and groom; military conscription record of groom, containing name, birthdate, and parents, and sometimes a physical description; copies of death or burial records of deceased former spouses; copies of death or burial records of parents, if the marrying person is under 30 (and sometimes if they are over 30); (pre-1850), if both parents are dead,  death or burial records of grandparents.

**'''Death registers(''Overlijdens''):''' Deceased's name, age, death date and place, occupation, birth place; name of spouse(s), parents’ names; names of the witnesses, their ages, occupations, residence, and relationship if any.

Digital copies of civil registration can be searched online:

*[http://wiewaswie.nl WieWasWie], basic version free, index with some images.

*[[OpenArch]]

*{{RecordSearch|2026219|Netherlands, Groningen Province, Civil Registration, 1811-1940|access=browse}}, free, partial index with complete images

===Writing for Records===

For records of events that are too recent to be published online, you can write to request records with proper documentation of close relationship.  For instructions, see [[Netherlands Civil Registration#Applying for Recent Civil Registration Records|'''Applying for Recent Civil Registration Records''']].

*Church records are the main sources for births, marriages and deaths in the Netherlands between about 1550 and 1811.They recorded baptisms (or circumcisions), marriages and burials and sometimes confirmations, membership records and conversions.

*In the late 1500s Churches began to mandate that registers of baptisms and marriages were kept. Burials were often not recorded at first. Records do not always exist for the period before 1700.

*To learn more about church records, see [[Netherlands Church Records|'''Netherlands Church Records''']].

*{{RecordSearch|2037901|Netherlands, Groningen Province, Church Records, 1595-1864|access=browse}}, free, browsable images.

*[https://www.vpnd.nl Van Papier Naar Digitaal] has images, indexes and transcriptions.

*[http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html GeneaKnowHow]

*[[OpenArch]]

See [[Netherlands Population|Netherlands Population]] for further information.<br>

From 1850 onwards the Government has recorded the address and basic details such as name, birthdate, birthplace, occupation and religion of all residents of the Netherlands.  

*From 1940-1994 these are on paper and can be viewed on request (see below)

*From 1994-present these are in digital format and can be viewed on request (see below)

**[http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow]. Click on "Internet" under Groningen in the left sidebar.

**[[OpenArch]] and {{RecordSearch|2821274|Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Population Registers}} at FamilySearch, free, index and images.

**[https://www.groningerarchieven.nl/onderzoek/beginnen-met-onderzoek Groninger Archieven] has details about accessing the records in person.

==Reading the Records==

::{{LearningCenter2|93|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Dutch Alphabet}}.

::{{LearningCenter2|94|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Dutch Words and Dates}}.

::{{LearningCenter2|95|Reading Dutch Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Dutch Records}}.

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#Identify your ancestor by finding his '''birth or christening record.'''

#Search for the '''parents' birth records.''' On the average, people married in their early 20s, so subtract 25 or so years from the marriage date for a starting year to search for the parents' birth records.

#Search the '''death registers for all family members.'''

*Do not overlook the '''importance of death records.''' Death records are especially helpful because they may provide important information about a person’s birth, spouse, and parents. Civil death records often exist for individuals for whom there are no birth or marriage records.

*{{RecordSearch|2704829|Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index

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