Source Information
A.S.B.L. Geniwal, comp. Wallonia, Belgium Deaths, 1559-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data: A.S.B.L. Geniwal, comp. Index de naissances, mariages et décès de Wallonie. Wavre, Belgique: A.S.B.L. Geniwal, 2008.
About Wallonia, Belgium Deaths, 1559-1984
This database contains death information extracted by the Belgian genealogical association, A.S.B.L. Geniwal, for the Walloon region of Belgium and covers the years 1559-1984. The Walloon region accounts for approximately one-third of the population of Belgium and represents the entire French-speaking portion of the country. It encompasses the provinces of:
- Brabant
- Namur
- Hainaut
- Liège
- Luxembourg (not to be confused with the country of Luxembourg)
The fields listed in the database include:
- Name of deceased
- Death place (city and province)
- Death date (according to the French Republican Calendar)
- Place of origin
- Gender
- Age
- Occupation
- Spouse’s name
- Father’s name
- Mother’s name
- Witnesses' names
- Document source (parish registers (registre paroissiaux), or civil vital records (état civil)
- Page number
- Record number
- Comments
For more information about this data and the society that extracted it, please visit the Geniwal website at http://www.geniwal.info
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