Arrival of emigrants general index of ships in the port of New York Alphabetical index of arrivals by port between 1820 and 1870 Document relating to immigration Arrival of emigrants: regulations and legislation Representative...
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Belgians in the American Civil War (Confederate)
THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR Volunteers by state Belgian soldier in the Confederate army To find out more about your Belgian ancestors who took part in the Session War, here is a link that will help you...
Belgians in the American Civil War (Union)
THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR : American volunteers by state Medals of honour Staff and special units List of people registered as Belgian in the regular forces In the navy Soldier's places of residence...
CLOQUETTE Antoine Joseph
Antoine Joseph CLOQUETTE, son of François Joseph CLOQUETTE and Anne Marie RAOUX, was born in Ath on 8 February 1744. After brilliant studies, he enrolled at the Faculty of Douai, and...
Claude JAILLARD
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of a great name in genealogy. Claude Jaillard has passed away. President of the Généalogie en Corrèze association, he devoted all his free time to...
de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph Ghislain
Son of Charles de BROUCKERE (born 06 October 1757 in Torhout and died 29 April 1850 in Bruges) and STOOP Charlotte Marie Anne Colette (born 24 September 1767 in Bruges and died...
MASSON Arthur
Etienne Arthur Joseph Ghislain MASSON was born on 22 February 1896 in Rièzes-les Chimay (Rièzes (in Walloon Rieze) is a section of the Belgian town of Chimay. It was a commune in its own right before the...
DOLHEN Marcel
Born in Rhisne (Rhisnes) on 22/11/1891 and died at the Yser on 07/02/1917. Son of DOLHEN Désiré and BEGUIN Félicie Citations of 09/02/1917 Fallen as a hero in the performance of his duties as a doctor in...
BOSQUET Gustave Jean Ferdinand
Born on 11 Thermidor IX in Brussels and died in Saint-Gilles-Lez-Brussels on 14 March 1876. Son of Jean-Baptiste BOSQUET (lawyer) and Joséphine DELACROIX. He married Isabelle... on 2 July 1833 in Brussels.
Rectification of civil status records
Article 49 of the Civil Code. In all cases where the mention of a civil status record must be made in the margin of another record already registered, it will be made at the request...
Acts of adoption
The effects and forms of adoption are governed by the Civil Code, Book I, Title VIII, Chapter 1, Sections I and II, articles 345 to 360 inclusive. The judicial authority is responsible for...
Converting dates in the Republican calendar
Link: to a Republican date converter The Republican calendar was used for the period from 1793 to 1806, but Year I of the Republican calendar officially began on 1 Vendémiaire, i.e. the...
Declarations of Nationality 1934, 1935 & 1936
BOIGELOT Elise Adélie Gh., married GUBULIN Amadeo Valentino - no profession Born in Floreffe on 12/02/1905 Declaration of residence made on 04/12/1934 in the commune of Mornimont Legal provisions applied : Law...
The Council of Thirty Sessions 17 to 25 (18/01/1562 - 04/12/1563)
Julius III's successor, Pope Paul IV, Gian Pietro Caraffa, who was born in Capriglio on 28 June 1476 and died in Rome on 18 August 1559, was extremely intransigent and the Council had to wait...
The Council of Thirty Sessions 9 to 16 (01/5/1551 - 28/04/1552)
His successor, Julius III, was asked by Charles V to quickly reopen the council, which he did on 1 May 1551. Discussions centred on the Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, and on questions...
Council of Trent - Sessions 1 to 8 (13/12/1745 - 17/09/1547)
Cattedrale di San Vigillio, treto, Italy The Pope ensured that the way the Council functioned would allow him to control and direct its deliberations as he saw fit. The assembly of bishops (most of whom were Italian) had only a limited say in the...
Council of Trent preamble
The need for a profound reform of the Church and its institutions had already been felt in the 15th century, and Pope Pius II, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, born in Corsignano near Siena on 18 October 1405...
The Council of Trent
The beginning of parish registers in our provinces. Faced with criticism from the reformers and the growth of matrimonial legislation in the Protestant states, the principle of compulsory ecclesiastical celebration and the keeping of...
History of parish registers in Belgium
In ancient times, there were no gaps in civil status. As early as Marcus Aurelius, Rome made it compulsory to register newborn babies so that they could later prove their status as free men. However, there was no legal registration of marriages...
Naturalisation
Transcription of an application for naturalisation in the civil status register Is the act by which a foreigner is admitted to become a Belgian citizen and enjoy the rights and prerogatives attached to this title. Article 5...
Deed of recognition
Natural children are those conceived out of wedlock. The law of 1936 divides acts of recognition into 3 categories 1 Natural children properly speaking, are those whose fathers...
Annex to marriages - Certificate of indigence
Certificates of indigence are required to obtain facilities or exemptions for the poor. They are exempt from the visa formality (Royal Decree of 4 January 1849)...
Wedding annex - The national militia
The law that organises the National Militia is that of 8 January 1817. It was successively amended or interpreted by laws passed on the following dates: 28 September 1818 (published in...
The Belgian revolution of 1830
To mark the 58th birthday of King William I (William-Frédéric d'ORANGE-NASSAU (1772-1843) King of the Netherlands and Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands (1813-1815 husband of Henriette Adrienne Louise Fleur d'OULTREMONT de WEGIMONT et de WARFUSEE (1792-1864)...
The battlefields of Belgium
1 La guerre de la vache 1273-1275 2 La bataille de Courtrai (Éperons d’or) 11 juillet 1302 3 La destruction de Binche 21 -22 juillet 1554 4 Seneffe 11 août 1674 5 Steenkerque 3 août...
Archives of the Ancien Régime (2)
Higher courts Bailiwick then Provincial Council of Tournai-Tournaisis, 1211-1794(11 items). Superior provincial court created in 1383 by Charles VI, King of France, to judge "all cases of jurisdiction, sovereignty and...
Archives of the Ancien Régime (1)
Central institution of the former principalities États du Tournaisis, 15th century - 16th century (906 items). Representative body of the Bailiwick of Tournaisis, constituted at the same time as the States of Tournai (city and suburbs) after the annexation,...
Notarial archives
NOTARIES The law of 5 July 1963 authorises notaries to deposit in the Archives the minutes of their predecessors, which they hold by virtue of the law of 25 ventôse an XI, when these minutes...
The history of foundlings in Tournai
L'histoire des enfants trouvés à Tournai est relativement bien connue ; plusieurs historiens locaux se sont penchés sur elle. Hoverlant (avocat et juge de paix tournaisien, connu pour l'énorme ouvrage qu'il a légué, intitulé...
The foundlings tour
La création des tours Le " tour " était un cylindre installé dans la muraille et qui pivotait sur un axe. Un côté au cylindre était ouvert. Une cloche extérieure, placée à côté, permettait,...
Protestant registers
Page web de GéniWal sur les protestants http://www.geniwal.eu/pg.php?id_menu=70 Les registres protestants Dès le XVIème les actes de baptêmes, mariages et enterrements sont consignés par les pasteurs dans les registres des paroisses réformés. Beaucoup d'entre-eux...
Parish registers (Hainaut)
Sont conservés aux Archives de Tournai les registres paroissiaux et les index alphabétiques déposés par les communes et les cures (attention ce dépôt est facultatif) sont aussi déposés les doubles des registres et les...
the walloon churches of the barrier
Les églises wallonnes de la Barrière Vers la fin de la guerre de Succession d'Espagne, la France signa en 1713 le traité des Barrières avec les Provinces-Unies : ce traité accordait le droit aux Provinces-Unies d'établir des places fortes dans diverses villes des Pays-Bas autrichiens (Charleroi, Furnes, Gand, Menin, Mons, Namur, Tournai et Ypres)....
The Mayors of the 30 villages of Tournai
Bourgmestres Nouvelle présentation du travail sur les Bourgmestres de tournai 30/06/2013 LES BOURGMESTRES DES 30 VILLAGES DE TOURNAI version numérique...
Cathedrals and collegiate churches
Répertoire systématique des fonds et collections disponible aux archives de L'État de Tournai pour les cathédrales et collégiales1 Dans le ressort (juridiction) d'Antoing : Le Chapitre Notre-Dame, 1255-1880 (25 articles). Prieuré de bénédictines attesté au...
War memorials in the Tournais region
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Military cemeteries in Tournaisis
History of the Livre d'Or des Cartes du Feu The Livre d'Or was published by J. Rosez in Brussels in the 1930s, with the final edition in 1940. It is...
From parish registers to today's civil records
Des registres paroissiaux à l’état civil actuel : Le cadre paroissial général pour la Belgique Les plus vieux registres paroissiaux belges connus remontent à 1406 pour Bruxelles, à 1504 pour Saint-Denis (arrondissement de Mons),...
