Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000
Archives around the Netherlands have contributed indexes which cover many record sources, such as civil registration, church records, emigration lists, military registers, and land and tax records. These records cover events like birth, marriage, death, and burial. These indexes were originally collected, combined and published by OpenArchives. For the entire index collection and more information visit www.openarch.nl.
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Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes indexed records from across the Netherlands. This collection contains records of birth, marriage, and death. For an index to other records see Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Public Records and Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records.
The data in this index was contributed from many archives around the Netherlands. The collection continues to grow as records become available. The indexes were originally collected, combined, and published by OpenArchives. For the entire index collection and more information visit OpenArchives.
This collection contains records of many types. Some of the more common include:
- Civil registration
- Church registers
- Emigration lists
- Military registers
- Land and tax registers
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Dutch. For help reading these records see:
In this collection, some index entries may include the following Dutch terms:
- onbekend, "unknown"
- levenloos, "stillborn"
- een levenloos zoon, "stillborn son"
- een levenloze dochter, "stillborn daughter"
- weduwe van, "widow of"
- de vrouw van, "the wife of"
- twee kinderen van, "two children of"
- zijn jonggeb kind, "his young child"
These normally occur in place of an individual's given name. None of these terms should ever be considered an actual name.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Birth
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Marriage
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Burial
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Collection Content
Coverage Table
For a list of the archives which have contributed to this collection, please see OpenArchives' page showing the number of individual entries.
Collection Details
Language
Dutch, Flemish
Location of Original Records
OpenArchives
"Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 13 December 2025. OpenArchives, Coret Genealogie, Netherlands.
