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Netherlands


Goal 2: Archives and Libraries


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Netherlands Provinces



Goal 2: Learn about Dutch archives and libraries.



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ALearn about Dutch archives and libraries.


  1. FamilySearch: Learn about Netherlands archives and libraries in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: Netherlands Archives and Libraries   

  2. Provinces: Learn about online records from province archives.

    FS—Netherlands Research With the Wiki Part 6 of 7: Online Province Archives, Local Indexes—4:27

  3. Portal: Explore the Archives Portal Europe site. Click the Directories link and then select Netherlands.
  4. Search for free online books on Netherlands research on the FamilySearch site.
  5. Books We Own: Explore the Books We Own site for books that can be checked out or researched for you by others.


Exercises


BUse the OpenArch site for research.


  1. Learn about OpenArch indexed records.

    FS—OpenArch.nl Website: Indexed Records for the Netherlands Record Types—3:40 - 2018

  2. Search: Learn about search tips for OpenArch.

    FS—OpenArch.nl Website: Indexed Records for the Netherlands Search Tips—5:24 - 2018

  3. Solve a sample research problem using OpenArch.

    FS—OpenArch.nl Website: Indexed Records for the Netherlands Research Problem Walkthrough—18:02 - 2018

  4. Explore the OpenArch site to do archive research for Dutch names.
  5. Explore Dutch archives on this site.




Netherlands Provinces


Drenthe Flevoland Fryslân
Gelderland Groningen Limburg
Noord Brabant Noord Holland Overijssel
Utrecht Zeeland Zuid-Holland


QUIKLinks for Provinces


Civil Registration: Gelderland 1800-1952
Noord-Holland 1811-1950
Zuid-Holland 1679-1942
Leiden:   Births   Marriages   Deaths
Marriage Banns
Notarial Records   Property Ownership   Burials  
The Hague:   Births   Marriages   Deaths
Noord-Brabant Church Records:   1473-1909
North Brabant, Netherlands, Markiezenhof Baptism Index 1597-1810
Noord-Holland Civil Registration:   1811-1950
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Province Population Registers:   1820-1930
Leiden:    Netherlands, Limburg Province, Certificates of Nationality, 1860-1913
Gelderland Civil Registration:   1811-1950