The Netherlands

near Aarlanderveen in the Province of Zuid-Holland submitted by Cloggie

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) (IPA: [ˈne:dərlɑnt]) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), which consists of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen) and Aruba.

The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy, located in northwestern Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east. All information from Wikipedia

Links

• Archivenet is a search device for websites by archival services at home and abroad

• National Archives NL

• Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scroll down page for a map, links to provinces, history, etc.

• ATLAS 1868 maps of the Netherlands Click on a Province in the list on the left, and then on a town on the next page

• On the Trail of Our Ancestors/Dutch Occupations

• Dutch Genealogical Word List Research Guidance v2.0

• The 'Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie' (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG) (click on "English" on the left to change language)

• Digital Family Tree of the Municipal Records Office of the City of Delft (click on flag top right to change to English)

• Welcome to the Digital Family Tree of the Rotterdam Municipal Archives

• Digital Family Tree of the Alkmaar Archives

• Welcome to the Digital Family Tree of the Archief Eemland

• Welcome to the 'Digitale Stamboom' (Digital Family Tree) of the Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven

• Kennemerland (part of the Province of Noord-Holland)Welkom bij de Digitale Stamboom van het Noord-Hollands Archief

• Welcome to the Digital Family Tree of the Regional Archives Leiden

• Part of the Province of Noord-Brabant Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (click on “Voorouders binnen Noord-Brabant” and then on “English”)

• TOP – for searching all the above mentioned databases + Genlias simultaneously In Dutch only. You have to select a database to search in. To select multiple databases, hold down CTRL as you click on them

• Gemeente Schiedam - ARCHIEF.SCHIEDAM.NL -click on “genealogie” all in Dutch

• Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium click on Internet under the relevant Province in column on left also includes link to IGI batch numbers for the Netherlands, passenger lists, etc.

• Genlias - Zoek uw stamboom uit / Research your Dutch genealogy (click on English at top right to change language)This is a big collection of BMD info for the Netherlands and also the Netherlands Antilles.Read the information under Searching in Genlias first, as it explains how to search, what you can expect to find, etc. Also explains about Dutch names, e.g. not to enter “de”, “van”, “van der”, etc. in the surname box. Also gives hints for searching, such as clicking on “Begins with” to search for variations in spelling, etc. In that case you have to enter at least the 1st 3 characters of a name.You can also search by “role” to find children of the same parents, etc. could people read the instructions under Searching in Genlias

• LDS Dutch Genealogical Word List

• Trace your dutch roots

Searchable BMD records

To be added to the BMD sites above:

Public access to the registers of municipal registry offices in the Netherlands is restricted by law: Birth certificates become public after 100 years Marriage certificates become public after 75 years Death certificates become public after 50 years

THE SITES BELOW ARE ALL WORKS IN PROGRESS, WITH NEW RECORDS BEING ADDED AS THEY ARE TRANSCRIBED. They contain records for the city/town in which the Records/Archives Office is located, as well as the surrounding towns/villages, as listed below.

DELFT: includes records for Delft, Abtsregt, Ackersdijk en Vrouwenregt, Biesland, Groeneveld, Hof van Delft, Hoog en Woud Harnasch, Pijnacker, Vrijenban, ’t Woudt. (Records for Hodenpijl, Hoogeveen, Maasland, Nieuweveen, Nootdorp, Rijswijk, Ruiven, Schipluiden and Sint Maartensregt are not currently searchable online, but will be added in the future.)

ROTTERDAM: includes records for Rotterdam, Bergschenhoek, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Bleiswijk, Charlois, Cool, Delfshaven, 's Gravenambacht, Hillegersberg, Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, IJsselmonde, Katendrecht, Kralingen, Overschie, Pernis, Schiebroek

ALKMAAR: includes records for Alkmaar, Anna Paulowna, Bergen, Castricum, Den Helder, Graft-De Rijp, Harenkarspel, Heerhugowaard, Heiloo, Langedijk, Niedorp, Schagen, Schermer, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, Zijpe

EEMLAND: includes records for Amersfoort, Baarn, Eemnes, De Vuursche, De Haar, Duist, Hoogland, Leusden, Renswoude, Stoutenburg, Woudenberg, Zevenhuizen.

EINDHOVEN: includes records for Eindhoven, Aalst, Aarle-Rixtel, Asten, Beek en Donk, Bergeijk, Best, Blaarthem, Bladel, Borkel, Borkel en Schaft, Breukel, Budel, Casteren, Deurne, Dommelen, Duizel, Duizel en Steensel, Eckart, Eersel, Gastel, Geldrop, Gerwen, Gestel, Hapert, Heeze, Helmond, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Hoogeloon, Hoogemierde, Hulsel, Knegsel, Lage Mierde, Leende, Lierop, Lieshout, Luykgestel, Maarheeze, Meerveldhoven, Middelbeers, Mierlo, Nederwetten, Nederwetten en Eckart, Netersel, Neunen, Oerle, Oirschot, Oost- West- en Middelbeers, Oostelbeers, Reusel, Riethoven, Schaft, Soerendonk, Someren, Son, Son en Breugel, Steensel, Sterksel, Stiphout, Stratum, Strijp, Tongelre, Valkenswaard, Veldhoven, Vessen, Vlierden, Waalre, Westelbeers, Westerhoven, Wintelre, Woensel, Zeelst, Zesgehuchten

KENNEMERLAND: includes records for Aalsmeer, Bennebroek, Berkenrode, Beverwijk, Bloemendaal, Haarlem, Haarlemmerliede, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Houtrijk, Polanen, Schoten, Spaarndam, Spaarnwoude, Thamen, Uitgeest, Uithoorn,Velsen, Wijk aan Zee, Zandvoort, Zuid-Schalkwijk

LEIDEN: includes records for Leiden, Leiderdorp, Rijsburg, Warmond, Zoeterwoude

BRABANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION CENTRE: includes records for Aalst, Aarle-Rixtel, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Almkerk, Alphen, Andel, Asten, Baarle-Nassau, Baardwijk, Bakel en Milheeze, Beek en Donk, Beers, Bergeijk, Bergen op Zoom, Berghem, Berkel-Enschot, Berlicum, Besoijen, Best, Beugen, Bladel en Netersel, Boekel, Bokhoven, Borkel en Schaft, Boxmeer, Boxtel, Breda, Budel, Capelle, Chaam, Cromvoirt, Cuijk, De Werken, Den Dungen, Deurne, Deursen, Dieden, Diessen, Dinteloord, Dinther, Dommelen, Dongen, Drongelen, Drunen, Duizel, Dussen, Eersel, Eethen, Eindhoven, Emmikhoven, Empel, Engelen, Erp, Esch, Escharen, Etten-Leur, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Gassel, Gastel, Geertruidenberg, Geffen, Geldrop, Gemert, Gestel en Blaarthem, Giessen, Gilze, Ginneken en Bavel, Goirle, Grave, 's Gravenmoer, Haaren, Halsteren, Haps, Haren & Macharen, Hedikhuizen, Heesch, Heeswijk, Heeze, Helmond, Helvoirt, Herpen, Herpt en Bern, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Heusden, Hilvarenbeek, Hoeven, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Hoogeloon, Huibergen, Huisseling, Kessel, Klundert, Leende, Liempde, Lierop, Lieshout, Linden, Lith, Lithoijen, Loon op Zand, Luijksgestel, Maarheeze, Maashees, Made, Maren, Meeuwen, Megen, Mierlo, Mill en Sint Hubert, Moergestel, Nederwetten, Nieuw Vossemeer, Nieuwkuijk, Nistelrode, Nuenen, Nuland, Oeffelt, Oerle, Oijen en Teefelen, Oirschot, Oisterwijk, Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Oosterhout, Oploo, Oss, Ossendrecht, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Oudenbosch, Oudheusden, Princenhage, Putte, Raamsdonk, Ravenstein, Reek, Reusel, Riethoven, Rijsbergen, Rijswijk, Roosendaal, Rosmalen, Rucphen, Sambeek, Schaijk, Schijndel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Sint-Oedenrode, Soerendonk, Someren, Son en Breugel, Sprang-Capelle, Standdaarbuiten, Steenbergen, Stiphout, Stratum, Strijp, Terheijden, Teteringen, Tilburg, Tongelre, Uden, Udenhout, Valkenswaard, Veen, Veghel, Veldhoven, Velp, Vessem, Vierlingsbeek, Vlierden, Vlijmen, Vrijhoeven-Capelle, Vught, Waalre, Waalwijk, Wanroij, Waspik, Werkendam, Westerhoven, Wijk en Aalburg, Willemstad, Woensdrecht, Woensel, Woudrichem, Wouw, Zeeland, Zeelst, Zesgehuchten, Zevenbergen, Zundert

SCHIEDAM: currently includes only Schiedam, but records for Kethel en Spaland, Oud- en Nieuw-Mathenesse and Nieuwland are expected to be added later this year.

GENLIAS: to see what records are currently available in Genlias, go to the Genlias website, click on “Searching in Genlias” and then on “Actual content”

Some more sites with searchable archives to add above:

• Drenlias (for the Province of Drenthe) in Dutch; I will try and add a translation/explanation of the main search terms soon

• The Hague virtual study room Online digital versions of the microfiche that can be found in study room at The Hague municipal archives. The Hague municipal archives also holds records for Scheveningen and Loosduinen. This site is searchable in the same way as microfiche. In Dutch only - I will try and add a translation/explanation soon.

• Genealogy section of Amsterdam Municipal Archives site Dutch only

I'll try and add translation of main terms soon

Netherlands Antilles

• Netherlands Antilles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BMD records for the Netherlands Antilles have recently been added to Genlias. From the Genlias site:

"Almost half the records from the Civil Registration of the period 1828-1950 of the Netherlands Antilles have been added to Genlias. That is good news for the population of the Antilles and for Dutch people with ancestors from the Antilles.

For the past three years, the National Archief of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba have worked together to prepare for this. The Genlias website has been modified so archives from overseas can participate. Next, 47,000 records from the Civil Registration from the Antilles were added to Genlias. These records have been entered by volunteers of the National Archives in Willemstad. The islands of Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Bonaire are available completely and some records from Aruba and Saba are available as well. The other records, including those from Curaçao, will follow as soon as they will have been entered. We hope you will enjoy this new addition to Genlias."

For more information about researching Antillean ancestry see *Genlias - National Archives of the Netherlands Antilles

Genlias currently contains the following Antillean records, with more to be added in the future:

Records of birth

Bonaire * 1831-1905

Sint Eustatius * 1869-1905

Sint Maarten * 1869-1905

Records of marriage

Aruba * 1823-1935

Bonaire * 1828-1930

Saba * 1871-1930

Sint Eustatius * 1869-1930

Sint Maarten * 1869-1930

Records of death

Bonaire * 1831-1950

Sint Eustatius * 1869-1939

Sint Maarten * 1869-1939

Asterix Equals Records added March 2007

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