Source Information

Ancestry.com. Netherlands Births and Christenings, 1608-1882 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. Western Europe Vital Records Index. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2000. Used by permission.

About Netherlands Births and Christenings, 1608-1882

This database contains information extracted from birth and christening records from selected localities in the Netherlands. The records date from the 1608 up to 1882. The records included in this database do not represent all localities in the Netherlands and for any given area, coverage (both records within a year and total year range) may not be complete. Localities include:

  • Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

  • Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands

  • Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

  • Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

  • Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

  • Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

Information extracted from the original records includes:

  • Name

  • Gender

  • Birth date

  • Christening date

  • Christening age

  • Christening place

  • Death date

  • Parents’ names

  • Grandparents’ names

Related Database:

Netherlands Marriages, 1637-1892