General Resource Sites

• Belgian Genealogy Homepages 
• The BELGIUM-ROOTS Project 
• Dictionary of Flemish First Names with Translation in Latin and French 
• Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium 
  A list of resources for the Internet, bulletin board systems (bbs) and diskette/CD-Rom.
• The Emigration from the Waasland to the United States and Canada 1830 - 1950 
  A project by Georges Picavet.
• FAQ Genealogie BeNeLux 
  Background information concerning genealogy in Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg.
• FRANCÊTRES: Généalogie en Belgique - Genealogy in Belgium 
  From Denis Beauregard. Mostly in French until English translation is complete.
• Genealogie in Limburg 
  Links to family pages in the province of Limburg (Netherlands, Belgium). Also available in English.
• Genealogy Benelux Home Page 
• Genealogy Benelux Net Ring Home Page 
  Dutch, Belgium & Luxembourg genealogy.
• Genealogy in Belgium 
  Internet research in Belgium. Free from associations.
• Infobel - Find Business & Residential Addresses in Belgium 
• Kwartierstraat.nl ( VoorOuders )( Genealogie )( Stamboom ) 
  Link page for pedigrees (Roots in the Netherlands and Belgium).
• Latin Words from Belgium Parish Registers Translations to Flemish/Dutch/Vlaams & English 
• Phonebook of Belgium 
  All registered phone users in Belgium.
• PRO-GEN.LIMBURG.BE 
  Limburgse stambomen, PRO-GENgebruikersgroep LIMBURG, cursus PRO-GEN.
• STORME's Genealogy Page 
  Many great Benelux resource links. STORME, van WAESBERGHE, de LAUSNAY, BLOCK, SCHEERDERS, van SCHOUBROEK, de SCHRYVER, BOSTEELS.
• Surname Navigator Belgium 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Belgium, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Belgium, Geneanet Belgium, Google, genealogy Belgium, Google News Genealogy Belgium, Rootsweb message board Belgium, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Belgium, White Pages Belgium.
• "Wallonia" - Genealogy Database from French-speaking Belgium 
  Brussels and Wallonia.

Government & Cities

• Belgian Federal Government Online 

History & Culture

• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History 
  Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations.
• History of Belgium 
• History of Belgium 
• History of Belgium: Primary Documents 
• Life in Flanders in the 18th and 19th Centuries 

How To

• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill--Dating the Belgians via France 
  This article discusses the French Republican calendar, used for several years after the French Revolution in France and areas under France's jurisdiction.

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Accueil Netradyle - Centre D'histoire et de Généalogie Netradyle 
  Netradyle, centre d'histoire et généalogie, Beauvechain, Tourinnes-la-Grosse. Belgium.
• Archives in Belgium 
  Overview of Municipal, Provincial and State Archives, Special Interest and Museum Archives, Regional History Societies and Genealogical Societies in Belgium.
• Archives de l'Etat en Belgique 
  The state archives in Belgium.
• Archives of Mechelen, Belgium Sources for Genealogy 
• Belgian-American Research Collection  ~ Green Bay, Wisconsin
  From the Confrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.
  • About the Belgian-American Research Collection 
  • Genealogy 
• Cofrin Library - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 
  • Belgian-American Research Collection 
• The European Library 
  A portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 45 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some for a fee.
• Family History Centers in Belgium 
  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • Belgium 
• Family History Centers in Belgium.
• In Flanders Fields Museum  ~ Belgium
• Jewish Museum of Belgium 
  • Genealogy 
• LibDex - The Library Index - Belgium 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• The Library of Congress 
  • European Reading Room 
    The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress.
    • Frequently Asked Questions 
    • Library of Congress - European Collections - An Illustrated Guide 
    • Overviews of the Collections 
      • The Belgian Collections 
• Musee Juif de Belgique - Jewish Museum of Belgium 
  A Circle of Jewish Genealogy in Belgium.
• Repositories of Primary Sources - Europe - Belgium 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• Royal Museum of the Army and Military History / Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de krijgsgeschiedenis / Musée royal de l'armée et d'histoire militaire  ~ Belgium
• Stadsarchief Tongeren / City Archives Tongeren (Belgium) 
  Genealogical information, and information about the beguines and of the old local court.

Locality Specific

• Genealogie in het Hageland, Brabant, Vlaanderen 
  Belgium, Flanders, the Hageland. Records between 1574 and 1900 of the parishes in the area between Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen.
• GensFlandria 
  Genealogical resources in Flanders.
• Sources et archives dans les anciens duché de Limbourg et comté de Dalhem 
  Sources concerning the East of the province of Liege in Belgium, specially the region of Herve.
• Wallonia Home Pag 

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Belgium Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Belgium 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• america-westflanders-genealogy Mailing List 
  For Americans, whose ancestors came from West-Flanders, Belgium, to discuss and share genealogical information related to West-Flanders and their ancestors.
• BELGIAN-AMERICAN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Belgians who immigrated to America. Archives: browse or search.
• BELGIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the Belgian nobility. Archives: browse or search.
• BELGIUM-ROOTS Mailing List 
  For the descendants of Belgian emigrants/immigrants who are interested in researching their roots in Belgium. Archives: browse or search.
• DUTCH-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding Dutch and Flemish surnames and given names. Flemish, the language of Flanders in Belgium, is included since it is a variant of Dutch. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-BENELUX Mailing List  gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.benelux newsgroup 
  For research in the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). Archives: browse or search.
• GENBNL-L Mailing List  gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.benelux newsgroup 
  For research in the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). Archives: browse or search.
• HainautGenealogy Mailing List 
  The Groupe Génalogique du Grand Hainaut is a dynamic group of amateur genealogists who are tracing their ancestors back to the former county of Hainaut which is now located in Belgium and France.
• HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List 
  For researchers who are interested in sharing information about their Huguenot and/or Walloon ancestry, with a geographical focus on European research. For the purpose of this list, Europe includes continental Europe as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland. Archives: browse or search.
• HUGUENOT-WALLOON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the French Huguenots and Belgium Walloons who fled to the West Indies, the Netherlands, and the United States in the 17th century. Archives: browse or search.
• WAASLAND Mailing List 
  For everyone with a genealogical interest and ancestors in the Waasland, Belgium, which is the area between Antwerp and Ghent. You can find the information that the list owner found in the State Archive of Beveren-Waas. Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• Belgium Placenames 
• Map of the United States: Belgian Ancestry 
  From the University of Minnesota.
• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Maps of Europe 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Belgium Maps 

Military

• Belgian War Graves 
  Approximately 28,000 Belgian soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1918.
• Gefusilleerden , gedeporteerden uit de tweede wereldoorlog, Les Fusillés et les déportés de la deuxième Guerre Mondiale, Civilians executed during the WW II - 17.500 namen ingegeven 
  List of more than 2500 names of Belgian Civilians executed during the Second World War.
• The Western Front Association België 

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - Belgium - Newspapers and News Sources 
• World-newspapers.com - Belgian Newspapers 

People & Families

• BLONDIA and family 
• Familiearchief - Panis, Geusens, Houben, Lindmans en vele andere families 
• Généalogie au Pays des Collines 
  A "dynamic" website for anyone having ancestors in Belgium, in the area of Ellezelles, Flobecq, Wodecq and 25 kms around these places. Our purpose is to reunite everyone who has ancestors in what is called "Le Pays des Collines". Our limits go from Melsen in the North to Petit-Enghien in the East, Quevaucamps in the South, and Kooigem in the West. Our website is only in French for the moment (our webmaster speaks French, so do I), but if you prefer speaking English, Dutch or German, please write me to: grimonpont.baumers@skynet.be. Un site "dynamique", créé pour chaque personne ayant des ancêtres en Belgique, dans la région d'Ellezelles, Flobecq, Wodecq...et dans un périmètre pouvant aller jusqu'à 25 kms au départ d'Ellezelles. Nos limites vont donc de Melsen au Nord, Petit-Enghien à l'Est, Quevaucamps au Sud, et Kooigem à l'Ouest. Le but de ce site est de réunir toutes les personnes ayant des ancêtres originaires du "Pays des Collines" (Un Parc Naturel sit! ué à mi chemin entre Lille et Bruxelles), afin qu'ensemble, nous puissions nous entraider. Des questions : écrivez soit à Marie-France Baumers (grimonpont.baumers @skynet.be), soit à Dominique Delfosse (dominique.delfosse1@wanadoo.fr).
• Index of Persons - Famille ADAMS et apparentees 
  ADAMS, KLEPPER, VAN ACHTER, De KIMPE, VANDERHAEGEN.
• Kings of the Belgians 
• Luc Sillis' Genealogy Page 
  SILLIS, DRIESEN, MORTIER, WIJNS.
• Male Descendants of Gerardus VAN WIJCK 
• Marc VERMEIRSSEN's Homepage 
  VERMEIRSSEN, VERMEERSSEN, VERMEIRSSCHEN, VERMEIRSSCH, VERMEERREN.
• The ORBAN's 
  Belgium, Hungary. History, etymology and genealogy of the Orban's around the world.
• La Page Genealogique De Gilbert MINETTE 
• Pascal JANSSENs Genealogy Page 
  HEBBINCKHUYS, CEULEMANS, SCHAUWERS.
• Peoplestory.org 
  Pictures of ancestors from Belgium, France and Holland. Everyone can publish their ancestors. Site de partage de photographies d'ancêtres pour les généalogistes, historiens et collectionneurs .Nombreux téléchargements de photographies de personnes anonymes et connues.
• Robert's Royal Links - Belgium 
• Stamboom WOLLAERT - Piet WOLLAERT 
  Afstamming van Joannes Wollaert in Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
• VAN BEESEN: Ma Généalogie et autres liens 

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• European Focus 
  Photographic portfolios of ancestral towns in Europe created for Genealogy enthusiasts in Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and more.
• eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg 
  Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Benelux Research.
• Family Record Finder.com :: Peter van Schaik, Family History Research 
  Genealogical research service for Canada, USA and the Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia and the British Isles.
• G3 - Généalogie en Belgique : réalisation d'arbres et recherches documentaires 
  Professional help for genealogical research and tree publishing in Belgium.
• Jan Caluwaerts - Professioneel genealogisch onderzoek in België / Professional Genealogical Research in Belgium 
  A professional genealogical researcher and consultant with over twenty years of experience. He is specialized in detailed historical research in Belgium (Flanders, Brussels, Antwerp and the Walloon provinces). Jan Caluwaerts writes articles on different aspects of research methods and family history. Author of several genealogical reference books on early immigration (to Brussels, Leuven/Louvain, Antwerp dated before 1800). Also completed a series of articles in catalogues for exhibitions (e.g. 'Petrus Phalesius' September 2005). He also undertakes research for books and television programs in Belgium.
• Mark Windover's Web Page - Quality Professional Genealogical Research  ~ Williamstown, Massachusetts
  United States, Canada (including French), England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium, and The Netherlands.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Belgium 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev 
    A book by Rupert Alen.
• Books We Own - Belgium 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own
• Global Genealogy & History Shoppe - Belgium 
• Index: Old Ordnance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition 
  List of UK and Belgium maps available at large scale in the period of about 1890 to 1915.
• PRO-GEN Genealogie àla Carte 
  Dutch genealogy program capable of outputs in Dutch, English, French, Frisian and German.
• PRO-GEN.LIMBURG.BE 
  Limburgse stambomen, PRO-GENgebruikersgroep LIMBURG, cursus PRO-GEN.
• V.Z.W.Geschiedkundige Heruitgeverij 
  A not-for-profit organization that re-edits old printed and hand-written books and documents about the history of the city of Ghent (Belgium) and about the province of East-Flanders (Belgium). The site has indexes for the books.

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Belgium 

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

• IGI Batchnummers van Nederland en België 
  Batch numbers to use with the Familysearch database to look into specific Dutch and Belgian resources.
• Brussels Remembers 
  Comprehensive information on the memorials in Brussels - the plaques, monuments, statues, etc., that commemorate a person or an event. Each memorial is photographed and plotted on a map; the text is transcribed, in the original French and in English. Site includes the war memorials each of which lists dozens of war dead.
• Ekeren 
  1796 census Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium.
• Stadsarchief van Mechelen. Aanbod voor Genealogen 
  Archives of Mechelen. Main sources for genealogy
  • Criminaliteit te Mechelen van 1773 tot 1795 
    Criminal records between 1773 and 1795.
  • Herbeumont, Province du Luxembourg, Belgique 
    Birth, marriage & death transcriptions.
  • Mechelen: Register Van De Belastingen Op De Huizen Anno 1722: Sint Katelijneparochie 
    House Tax Registry anno 1722: Sint Katelijne .
  • Mechelse conscrits of (kandidaat-)soldaten voor het Franse leger (1798-1814) 
    Conscrits for the French army (1798-1814)
• Western Europe Vital Records Index 
  CD-ROM for sale from the LDS Church. More than 12 million christenings, births, and marriages from selected localities in these Western European countries: Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany (including Baden, Bayern [Bavaria], Hessen-Darmstadt, Lippe, Oldenburg, Pruessia, Turinga, Wuerttemburg), Italy, and Spain. The years for these events range between the 1500s to 1905.

Religion & Churches

Societies & Groups

• Association Royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique 
• Cercle de Généalogie et d'Histoire de Boussoit asbl 
  Recherches généalogiques et historiques de la région environnante de Boussoit dans le Hainaut belge.
• Club De Genealogie De Sambreville (Belgique) 
• Fédération Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique / Belgische Federatie voor Genealogie en Heraldiek 
• Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans 
  GSFA publishes a newsletter and helps people trace their Flemish and Belgian heritage.
• GENSESEM - Cercle de généalogie de Chimay 
• Histoire des Familles ˆ Tournai 
  Home page de la Section Histoire des Familles de la Société Royale d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Tournai.
• Cercle Historique, Archéologique et Généalogique de Wavre et du Brabant wallon 
  Formerly Cercle Historique et Archéologique de Wavre et de la Région.
• Netradyle 
  Cercle d'histoire et généalogie de Tourinnes-La-Grosse, Beauvechain, Nethen (Brabant Wallon).
• Peninsula Belgian American Club  ~ Namur, Wisconsin
• Sällskapet Vallonättlingar - Valloner, släktforskning, historia - Society of Swedish Walloon Descendants 
  A society for the descendants of Belgian emigrants to Sweden in the early seventeenth century. Genealogical research in Sweden, Finland, USA and Belgium.
• SCGD - Service de Centralisation des Etudes Généalogiques et Démographiques de Belgique  ~ Belgium
  SCGD is the main genealogical association in french-speaking Belgium.
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor Familiekunde Oost-Vlaanderen / Flemish Genealogical Society East-Flanders 
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor Familiekunde - V.V.F. - Flemish Society of Genealogists 
• VVF-Vlaams Brabant 
  Vlaamse Vereniging voor Familiekunde - afdeling Vlaams Brabant.
• WWW.PRO-GEN.BE 
  PRO-GEN gebruikersgroep LIMBURG / PRO-GEN users' group LIMBURG. Information about the province(s) Limburg, the genealogical software PRO-GEN, and the regional PRO-GEN users' group.

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