Research Foundations
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Step 1: Maps and Gazetteers
- Gazetteers and Maps for Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- Searching for places in Central Europe – The Historic Gazetteer GOV
- Finding Town of Origin (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Gazetteers (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
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Step 2: Archives
- Beginning Research in Belgium
- Names in Belgium and the Netherlands
- Online Genealogy Records (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Les archives de presse en Belgique et en France (French)
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Step 3: Deciphering Records
- Belgium Civil Records in French (After 1795)
- Dutch Research in the 19th and 20th Century: Civil Records (1/2)
- Reading French Civil Registration Records
- Civil Registration (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Records Analysis: Using French Church Records
- Duth Parish Registers from the 17th and 18th Century
- Church Records (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
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Dutch
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French
- Reading French Civil Registration Records
- French Handwriting (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- French Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- French Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)
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Latin