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Netherlands


Goal 4: Civil Registration


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Goal 4: Learn about Netherlands civil registration and vital records.


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  1. Overview: Learn about Netherlands civil registration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: Netherlands Civil Registration   

  2. Learn more about Dutch civil registration in this article.

    Civil Registration - 2005

  3. Learn how to use Dutch civil registration indexes.

    FS—Beginner Dutch Handwriting, Tools: Civil Registration Indexes—2:30 - 2019

  4. WieWasWie: Learn how to use the WieWasWie website for research.

    FS—Using the Dutch Website: WieWasWie—6:58 - 2013
    FS—WieWasWie, Past the index: What to do next—61:08 - 2017

  5. Learn about civil records and population registers in these videos.

    RT—Dutch Research in the 19th and 20th Century: Civil Records (1/2)—21:34 - 2021


    RT—Dutch Research in the 19th and 20th Century: Civil Records (2/2)—23:09 - 2021


  6. Search the WieWasWie database to find Dutch ancestor vital records. A description of the site is available here.
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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