Belgium

BRUGES Submitted by Cloggie

USEFUL INFORMATION: I was told recently by a friendly Belgian policeman that many records were destroyed in Napoleon's time to avoid conscription into his army ... Caroline

Links

• IGI batch numbers for Belgium

• Digital Resources for The Netherlands and Belgium

• ArchiveNet Links to archives in Flanders and the Netherlands

• Spread of surnames on the civil register in Belgium in 1998 - includes expats

• Cyndi's List - Belgium / Belgique / België

• Genealogy Resources in Belgium

• Dutch genealogical word list

• French genealogical word list

• Some old Belgian records use the French Revolutionary Calendar which has different names for months and uses a different numbering for years and days. French Revolutionary Calendar 1793 - 1806 and Cyndi's List - Calendars & Dates

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