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===Marriages=== | ===Marriages=== | ||
A typical Belgium marriage record contains: | A typical Belgium marriage record contains: | ||
*Names of the bride and groom | *Names of the bride and groom | ||
*Place and Date of the marriage | *Place and Date of the marriage | ||
*Their ages, residences, occupations and birthplaces. | *Their ages, residences, occupations and birthplaces. | ||
*The names of their parents, their occupations and sometimes ages or whether still alive | *The names of their parents, their occupations and sometimes ages or whether still alive, sometimes marriage information, residences, and occupations | ||
*Any former spouses | *Any former spouses | ||
*Witnesses, and their occupations, and who performed the ceremony | *Witnesses, and their occupations, and who performed the ceremony | ||
'''Marriage Supplements''' may contain | '''Marriage Supplements''' may contain | ||
*Names of bride and groom | |||
* | *Documents of birth or baptism records of the bride and groom | ||
* | *Documents proving parents | ||
*Documents of the deaths of the parents of the bride and groom | |||
*Deaths of or divorces from former spouses | *Deaths of or divorces from former spouses | ||
*Consent from the parents | *Consent from the parents | ||
'''Marriage proclamations''' may contain: | '''Marriage proclamations''' may contain: | ||
*Names of prospective marriage partners | *Names of prospective marriage partners | ||
*Their residence, age, occupation | *Their residence, age, occupation | ||
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*Their age, birthplace, occupation | *Their age, birthplace, occupation | ||
*Their current and former spouses | *Their current and former spouses | ||
*Cause of death | |||
*Names of their parents, if known | *Names of their parents, if known | ||
*Children's names | |||
*Name of the informant and their residence | *Name of the informant and their residence | ||
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===Divorces=== | ===Divorces=== | ||
The | Divorces are listed on the back of the marriage registers in the municipality where the marriage took place. Includes names, ages, dates and places, occupations, residences. | ||
====Language and Terminology==== | |||
The major languages of records in Belgium are Flemish (Dutch) in the North, and Walloon (French) in the South, and German in the East. To understand the records, you only need to know a few typical words such as those for mother, father, born, name, bride, groom, married, etc. Translation of these words are found under [[Luxembourg, Belgium Genealogy#1. Online Digital Records for Civil Registration|Online Digital Records for Civil Registration]] below and also on word lists for: [[Netherlands_Language_and_Languages|Dutch]], [[French Genealogical Word List|French]] and [[German Word List|German]]. | |||
''Dutch Terms:''<br> | |||
*Geboorten = births | |||
*Huwelijken = marriages | |||
*Overlijden = deaths | |||
*Huwelijksafkondigingen = marriage proclamations | |||
*Huwelijksbijlagen = marriage supplements | |||
*Tienjarige tafels = 10-year indexes. | |||
''French Terms:'' | |||
*Naissances = births | |||
*Mariages = marriages | |||
*Décès = deaths | |||
*Publications de mariage = marriage proclamations | |||
*Pièces de mariage = marriage supplements | |||
*Tables décennales = ten-year indexes | |||
''German Terms:'' | |||
*Geburten = births | |||
*Heiraten = marriages | |||
*Toten = deaths | |||
===Indexes to Civil Registration=== | |||
*Multi-Year-Indexes: Additional two, three, five and ten year indexes to births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Some are alphabetical, others chronological, by first letter of the surname, all letters, and given names. | |||
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