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<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Netherlands Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div> <br> | <div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Netherlands Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div> <br> | ||
==Population Registers== | ==Finding Population Registers== | ||
===Online=== | |||
*'''1574-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2018408| the FamilySearch collection, '''Netherlands Census and Population Registers, 1574-1940'''}} at FamilySearch - The coverage is predominantly for Friesland, Gelderland, Limburg, Utrecht, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland; Many towns have surname indexes "''klappers''" | |||
*'''1720-1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61289/ Netherlands, Population Registers Index, 1720-1944 | |||
*[[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. | |||
===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. | |||
==Population Registers - Introduction== | |||
Population registers [''bevolkingsregisters''], abbreviated '''BR''' in the Netherlands are an important source of genealogical information. They track the movement of people from one residence to another. Officially, population registers began for each municipality on 1 January 1850 and were based on the 3rd National Census, taken 19 November 1849. Some places started using these kind of records earlier (for example, the province of Zuid-Holland in 1845, or part of Gelderland in 1811). Population registers should not be confused with the [[Netherlands Census|Census]], which records the population at a point in time. Rather Population Registers record the population over a period ''as it changes''. | Population registers [''bevolkingsregisters''], abbreviated '''BR''' in the Netherlands are an important source of genealogical information. They track the movement of people from one residence to another. Officially, population registers began for each municipality on 1 January 1850 and were based on the 3rd National Census, taken 19 November 1849. Some places started using these kind of records earlier (for example, the province of Zuid-Holland in 1845, or part of Gelderland in 1811). Population registers should not be confused with the [[Netherlands Census|Census]], which records the population at a point in time. Rather Population Registers record the population over a period ''as it changes''. | ||
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