Belgium Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This Collection will include records from 1560 to 1890. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

Coverage Table
The Coverage Table shows the places and time periods of the original records in this collection. The table indicates how many records the collection has from each place. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table; however, the collection may have a few records from before or after the time period.

Record Content and Use
For details about the contents of these records and help using them see the wiki article Births and Christenings Vital Record Index Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records).

For Help Reading These Records
These records are in Dutch, French, or Flemish. For help with reading the records, see the following resources:


 * Netherlands Language and Languages
 * French Wordlist
 * France Language and Languages
 * French Handwriting
 * Dutch Genealogical Word List

Related Websites
Belgium Births and Baptisms

Related Wiki Articles

 * Belgium
 * Belgium Civil Registers
 * Belgium Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Antwerpen, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Brabant Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Liège, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Luxembourg, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Belgium Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Citations for This Collection
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information (often called citing your sources). This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually.

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