Belgium Record Finder

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Record Finder

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Census	Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date and birthplace	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records	Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers, Maps, History	Historical Geography, Church History
Death information	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records	Cemeteries, Probate Records, Biography
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Societies, Minorities
Historical background	History, Church History	Maps, Minorities
Language helps	Language and Languages	Online Genealogy Records
Living relatives	Directories, Genealogy	Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Marriage information	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records, Biography
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Genealogy, Periodicals
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Genealogy
Occupations	Directories, Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Civil Registration, Church Records, Genealogy, Societies	Probate Records, Notarial Records, Biography
Physical description	Military Records, Biography	Online Genealogy Records
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Historical Geography
Places of residence	Civil Registration, Directories, Emigration and Immigration	Census, Voting Registers, Schools, Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	Biography, History, Nobility, Heraldry, Minorities
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries	Societies, Periodicals, Online indexes
Religion	Church Records, History	Minorities, Cemeteries
Social activities	Social Life and Customs	History