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Record Description
Record Type:	Births and Baptisms
Collection years:	1560-1890
Languages:	Dutch
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What is in This Collection?

This Collection includes records from 1560 to 1890. This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

Birth and baptism records contain the following:

• The name of the child
• Gender
• Date and place of christening, or
• Date and place of birth
• Names of the parents

Collection Content

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.

Locality	Births and Baptisms, 1560-1890	Marriages, 1563-1890	Deaths and Burials, 1564-1900
Antwerpen	0	515	2,012
Belgium	66,994	10,266	5,818
Brabant	1,515	125	1,058
Hainaut	8,556	1,868	0
Liège	105,493	19,254	51,851
Luxembourg	82,201	16,541	3,622
Namur	88,993	10,758	2,821
Totals	354,038	59,327	67,182

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• Consult the Belgium Record Finder to find other records

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Collection Citation

"Belgique naissances et baptêmes, 1560-1890." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

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