USEFUL INFORMATION: I was told by a friendly Belgian policeman that many records were destroyed in Napoleon's time to avoid conscription into his army ... Caroline
Capital Brussels
Languages Flemish, French and German
Currency Euro
General Resources
- ArchiveNet
- State Archives of Belgium (the search engine will be in FR or NL)
- Archiefforum / Archive Forum (in Dutch)
- Cyndi's List - Belgium / Belgique / België
- Digital Resources for The Netherlands and Belgium
- openarchives - Dutch and Belgian archives €
- Dutch Genealogical Word List
- French Genealogical Word List
- IGI Batch Numbers for Belgium
- Spread of Surnames in Belgium in 1998 N.B. Married females are indexed by their maiden name.
- The Belgian Researchers
- French Revolutionary Calendar 1793 - 1806
- Cyndi's List - Calendars & Dates
- The National Huguenot Society
- Online Centre for Research on Belgian Refugees WW1
- Belgian Refugees 1914-1920
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