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'''1994-present''' ''persoonslijsten'' Person lists [persoonslijsten] replaced the person cards on 1 October 1994. As of that date the information is now kept in electronic form. When a person dies, a printout is made and sent to the Central Office for Statistics and then on to the CBG.   
'''1994-present''' ''persoonslijsten'' Person lists [persoonslijsten] replaced the person cards on 1 October 1994. As of that date the information is now kept in electronic form. When a person dies, a printout is made and sent to the Central Office for Statistics and then on to the CBG.   


==Finding Population Registers Online==
===Online===
*[[OpenArch]] has 32.1 million indexed BR records. Some of their records are also found in the FamilySearch collection {{RecordSearch|2821274|'''Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Population Registers'''}}
*[[WieWasWie]] has 26.7 million indexed BR records.
*[http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow] has many Population Register records, many of which are indexed.
*The websites of [[Netherlands Regional Websites|regional archives]] will often contain indexes and at the very least images.
*Some BR records are contained in {{RecordSearch|2018408| the FamilySearch collection, '''Netherlands Census and Population Registers, 1574-1940'''}}. The coverage is predominantly for Friesland, Gelderland, Limburg, Utrecht, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland. Many towns have surname indexes "''klappers''"
===Offline===
Population registration records are kept either in the municipal archives [''gemeentearchieven''] or in the municipal hall [''gemeentesecretarie'']. If they are in the archive they are open to the public, usually until 1900 or 1920, depending on the archive. Records in the town hall are, by rule, not open to the public, but population registers are generally available for inspection to about 1900. If the population registers you are seeking are not public, you may obtain an extract for a small fee. Write to the municipal administration as outlined below:
Gemeentesecretarie <br>[Town] <br>THE NETHERLANDS
Many of the population registers to about 1920 have been filmed by the Family History Library. Check the Place search of the catalog under:
NETHERLANDS, [PROVINCE], [TOWN] – POPULATION
===Post-1940===
The records are only public if the person has been deceased for about two years. You must contact the [https://cbg.nl/bronnen/cbg-verzamelingen/ Central Bureau for Genealogy], fill in an application form and pay the fee as explained on their website. Email it to ''pkpl@cbg.nl''or post to
:::CBG | Center for Family History <br>
:::Section Personcart and Personlist <br>
:::PO Box 11755<br>
:::2502 AT, The Hague <br>
:::The Netherlands<br>
If the record is found, it will also contain details about the main person's parents, spouse and children. For those who died recently, some information will be redacted.


[[Category:Netherlands Census]]
[[Category:Netherlands Census]]