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Belgium

Directories

Online Records[edit | edit source]

1995, 1996, 1999, 2000; 2002-2015 Belgium, Phone Book Indexes, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2002 - 2015 at Ancestry — index ($)

City directories (Adresboeken, Répertoires d’adresses)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Used to locate residents in large cities to determine parish jurisdictions, and identify occupations and residence over a period of time.

City directories (Adresboeken, Répertoires d’adresses).

Record type: Directories of residents of larger cities.

Time Period: 1700-present.

Content: Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.

Location: City and municipal archives and libraries.

Population coverage: 20%.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belgium,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belgium,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.

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