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Belgium ProvincesGoal 3: Learn about Belgium immigration.
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ALearn about Belgium immigration.
- Overview: Learn about emigration and immigration in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Belgium Emigration and Immigration
Wikipedia: Belgian Americans - Town of Origin: Learn how to find your ancestor's town of origin in Belgium.
FS—Wiki: Belgium Finding Town of Origin - Ships and Passengers: Explore the
Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Belgium as the departure or arrival location. - Use ship manifests to locate Belgian immigrants to the U.S.
Part I: A Brief History - 2020
Part II: Research Tips - 2020 - Explore Belgium passenger lists on the GenealogyLinks site.
- Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Belgium.
- Netherlands: Learn how to find Belgian immigrants in the Netherlands.
LT—Finding Belgian Ancestors in the Netherlands - United States: Learn about finding Belgian immigrants in the United States.
RT—How to trace your belgian ancestors in the USA—34:09
Belgian Immigration to America between 1880 and World War I - 2019
- Learn how to use U.S. naturalization records to find your Belgian ancestors.
Finding Your Belgian Ancestor in U.S. Naturalization Records - 2021
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for immigration research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Felix Charles Sax was born in Belgium. Use the "FS: Belgium Births and Baptisms, 1560-1890" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is Felix Charles Sax's birth year?
- Where was he born?
- What is his father's name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Felix Charles" as the first name and "Sax" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the first document icon for Felix Charles Sax.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Felix was born on 20 Jan 1829.
- He was born in Namur, Namur, Belgique (Belgium).
- His father is Antoine Joseph Sax.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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Belgium Provinces
| Antwerp | Brabant Wallon | Brussels |
| Hainaut | Limburg | Namur |
| Oost-Vlaanderen | Vlaams Brabant | West Vlaanderen |