Limburg (Province), The Netherlands Genealogy

Europe The Netherlands Limburg Guide to Limburg, The Netherlands ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Background Information

 * You can find the Geographical and Historical information on Limburg here: Limburg
 * Information on the capital city can be found here: Maastricht
 * In the middle of the nineteenth century, Limburg was a poor region. People moved to urban areas or left the country to work in nearby Belgium or Germany or even to emigrate to the United States. Because of the American Homestead act of 1862, the peak of the Limburg emigration was in 1863. The people of Limburg were predominantly Catholic and settled mainly in Catholic regions of Minnesota.
 * Many people in Limburg used fixed family names long before the introduction of the civil registration which makes research easier.

Jurisdictions

 * Municipalities before 1998
 * Municipalities after 1984

Websites

 * AlleLimburgers
 * Limburg regional historical center.
 * WieWasWie.
 * Limburg Emigrant Page.
 * Wazamar Genealogie en Heraldiek in Die Nederland, Limburg