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Reader's question: From Holland to Australia in the 1960s
Scott asked me: Could you suggest other on-line sources that can aid me in searching for my Partners grandparents whom migrated to Australia in the 1960's, as Genlias doesn't have them listed I just need their parents and I could go from there. Marr...
Newsletter: Familieberichten
People often announce important events, like birth, marriage, or death, in print. This can be in the form of newspaper advertisements (deaths are usually announced this way), or printed cards that are sent out to family and friends (wedding invitati...
Tienjarige tafels
Tienjarige tafels Tienjarige tafels (ten-yearly tables) are contemporary indexes on the civil register. These tables used to be the only way to access the BMD records of the civil register, but with the large number of modern (usually online) indexe...
Sources: Marriage supplements
Huwelijksbijlagen If two people wanted to marry, they had (and still have) to supply a few documents. These documents, the huwelijksbijlagen (marriage supplements) were kept with the marriage acts of the civil register. Why were they made? Before a w...
A second look at the population register
We looked at the population register (bevolkingsregister) before, but there is a lot more to tell about this register than I could in an introductory blog article. In this article we will have a look at a few other aspects of the population register:...
Sources
In March, I posted a series of articles discussing the most important sources for Dutch genealogy: The BMD records of the civil register, the population register, persoonskaarten, and church books. Over the next two weeks, I will post a new, slightly...
Newsletter: Offline Dutch genealogy
With the wealth of genealogical information available online nowadays, it is easy to overlook offline sources for our research. But the amount of information online - large as it may be - is only a fraction of what is available to us offline. The top...
Church books
This is the fifth and last part of our Sources for Dutch genealogy series. Church books Churches started registering baptisms and marriages in the 16th century. Many of the earlier registers were lost, but they generally still exist from the mid-17th...
Persoonskaarten
This is the fourth part of our Sources for Dutch genealogy series. Persoonskaarten Persoonskaarten (litt. person's cards, sing. persoonskaart) are the successor of the gezinskaarten we discussed earlier, and part of the population register. They are...
The population register
This is the third part of our Sources for Dutch genealogy series. The population register The population register (bevolkingsregister) is similar to a census, but kept up to date. It was introduced nation-wide in 1850, but already existed in several...
The BMD records of the civil register
This is the second part of our Sources for Dutch genealogy series. The civil register The civil register was introduced in 1811, after the annexation by Napoleon's French empire (some regions in the south were annexed earlier, so the civil register w...
Sources for Dutch genealogy
In this five-part miniseries, we will look at the main sources for Dutch genealogy. The originals of these documents are kept in Dutch archives. The last ten weeks, we have focused on online Dutch genealogy in our online records series. We will soon ...
Trouwboekje
Introduced in the late 19th century, the trouwboekje (marriage booklet) has been handed out to married couples for over a century, as a proof of their marriage. If your Dutch ancestors emigrated in the early 20th century (or later), you (or one of yo...
1811
In 1810, The Netherlands were annexed by the French empire of Napoleon. This did not last long (the French empire collapsed after the failed Russian expedition of 1813), but it did have lasting consequences. French law was introduced in 1810-1811, an...
Record precise locations as they were
In his post Tips from the Pros: Record Precise Locations as They Were (on Ancestry's 24/7 Family History Circle blog), George G. Morgan states: "For each of your ancestors' vital dates (birth, marriage, and death), always record the precise location...
