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 ==State Archives==
-The State [i.e. Federal] Archives of Belgium (''Rijksarchief in België/Les Archives de l'Etat en Belgique'') has images and some indexes of church records . Free [https://search.arch.be/en/login/registration registration] is required to view the records The site comes in English, French, German or Dutch (see top left corner).
+The State Archives of Belgium (''Rijksarchief in België/Les Archives de l'Etat en Belgique'') has digitized church and civil status registers. In addition, there are over 42 million names in their ''Persons in the database of the State Archives.'' Searchable databases are online at [https://genealogie.arch.be/ Genealogical sources] at the State Archives of Belgium. The site is available in English, French, German or Dutch (see top right corner).
-Most of the records are available only as images. They can be [https://search.arch.be/en/themas/tips/507-church-registers-en browsed here]. A few have been indexed. They can be [https://search.arch.be/en/zoeken-naar-personen searched here]. The images placed online are not necessarily the entirety of the records are available - the remaining records would need to be viewed in person at the archives. Nonetheless, the vast majority have been placed online.
 ===GeneaKnowHow===
 Some church records can be found on the site [http://geneaknowhow.net/digi/bronnen.html Geneaknowhow], which contains many links to local genealogical websites and sources.
 ==Information Content==