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Netherlands, Civil Marriages, 1811-1940
28,131,949 records
This collection is an index to civil marriage records from throughout the Netherlands. Records typically list the names of the bride and the groom, their birth dates and birthplaces, occupations parent’s names, and their marriage date and place. The names of former spouses, and the names of the witnesses are also often provided. Source information is provided to help locate the original record.
Civil registration—the recording of births, marriages, and deaths by civil authorities—was officially instituted in the Netherlands on 1 March 1811. However, in some areas of the Netherlands civil records were kept as early as 1795. Please see the archive list below for locality coverage. Some divorce records are also included. The majority of the records date between 1811 and 1940, though the extent of year coverage can vary by locality.
Civil registration—the recording of births, marriages, and deaths by civil authorities—was officially instituted in the Netherlands on 1 March 1811. However, in some areas of the Netherlands civil records were kept as early as 1795. Please see the archive list below for locality coverage. Some divorce records are also included. The majority of the records date between 1811 and 1940, though the extent of year coverage can vary by locality.
Records included in this collection come from the following archives:
Drenthe
- Drenthe Archive (Drents Archief)
Flevoland
- Nieuw Land Heritage (Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum)
Friesland
- Tresoar (AlleFriezen) Historic Centre Leeuwarden (Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden)
Gelderland
- Gelders Archive (Gelders Archief) Municipal Archives Ede (Gemeentearchief Ede) Regional Archives Rivierenland (Regionaal Archief Rivierenland)
Groningen
- AlleGroningers (AlleGroningers)
Limburg
- Municipal Archive Kerkrade (Gemeentearchief Kerkrade) Municipal Archive Venray (Gemeente Venray, gemeentearchief) Municipal Archives of Venlo (Gemeentearchief Venlo) Regional Historic Centre Limburg (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg) Rijckheyt, Center for Regional History (Rijckheyt, centrum voor regionale geschiedenis)
North Brabant
- Brabant Historical Information Centre (Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum) City Archive Breda (Stadsarchief Breda) Regional Historic Centre Eindhoven (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven) West-Brabant Archive (West Brabants Archief) Regional Archive Tilburg (Regionaal Archief Tilburg)
North Holland
- North Holland Archive (Noord-Hollands Archief) Regional Archive Alkmaar (Regionaal Archief Alkmaar)
Overijssel
- City Archives Enschede (Stadsarchief Enschede) Historical Center Overijssel (Historisch Centrum Overijssel) Municipal Archive Hengelo (Gemeentearchief Hengelo)
South Holland
- Archive Delft (Archief Delft) Heritage Leiden and Environs (Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken) Municipality Lisse (Gemeente Lisse) Municipal Archive Schiedam (Gemeentearchief Schiedam) Municipal Archive Wassenaar (Gemeentearchief Wassenaar) Regional Archives Dordrecht (Regional Archives Dordrecht) Provincial Archives South Holland (Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland) City Archives Rotterdam (Stadsarchief Rotterdam)
Utrecht
- Eemland Archive (Archief Eemland) The Utrecht Archives (Het Utrechts Archief) Regional History Center Vecht and Venen (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Vecht en Venen)
Zeeland
- Municipal Archive Borsele (Gemeentearchief Borsele) Municipal Archive Schouwen-Duiveland (Gemeentearchief Schouwen-Duiveland) Zeeland Archives (Zeeuws Archief)
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Sample Record
- Julius Röntgen - ComposerEde, NetherlandsClassical composer, Julius Engelbert Röntgen, was born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1855 to Julius Röntgen and Pauline Frederick Klengel. On 8 July 1897 he married his second wife—a piano teacher named Abrahamina van der Hoeven—in Ede, Netherlands.(Wikipedia)
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