Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands Genealogy

Netherlands Overijssel

Kampen is a city and municipality in Overijssel. It lies at the very mouth of the IJssel river. It nowadays has a population of 50,000. It has always been one of the prominent cities of Overijssel.

The municipalitiy contains the following places: Kampen Grafhorst, 's-Heerenbroek, IJsselmuiden, Wilsum, Zalk, Bisschopswetering, De Heuvels,  Hogeweg,  Kampereiland,  Kamperveen,  Nieuwstad,  Oude Wetering,  Oosterholt,  De Roskam,  Veecaten,  De Zande and Zuideinde

The current municipality contains the former municipalities IJsselmuiden, Schokland, Grafthorst, Kamperveen, Wilsum and Zalk en Veecaten

Church Records
The Gemeente Archief Kampen(GAK) holds all church records for Kampen.

Baptisms
The website of the GAK has an online searchable index of baptims, births and circumcisons before 1811 in the current municiplaity of Kampen.