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From: Jeremiah McDonnell <>
Subject: Re: Civil Records: Marriage
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 19:23:53 -0500


Hi Ton,

You know, finding a marriage record can be difficult if the bride and
groom live in different towns. Perhaps "ondertrouw" could be a big help
- OR is it added to the huwlijksbijlagen?

The huwlijksbijlagen was a great help tracing my MARCHAND family, but a
kind genealogist at the Archives Generales du Royaume helped me because
I was so confused! For all the information it gives, it's worth a big
effort to find the files.

Thanks for the helpful information!
Best wishes,
Cora

> Hi Cora,
>
> Huwelijksbijlagen are made for everij mariage, what
> the contents concern varriates from witch time period
> they are.
> You can find deathcertifcates from the
> parents,Birthcertificates , divorcepapers
> or the written consent from the parents to the
> marriage, if the boy did do his militairy service, if they
> could pay for the wedding etc.
> The mariage is just registrated there where the mariage
> takes place, but there is a thing whitch is called
> ondertrouw
> When a couple goes to register their wish to get married
> their names with that wish hangs out on a vissible place,
> mostly at the outside of the townhall in both the places
> where they are living for 3 weeks.
> When then nobody objects they are free to mary.
> Ofcourse ther is a lot of paperwork involved and that
> goes in to the huwlijksbijlagen, from them just 1 set
> exist witch are kept at the courthouse until after the
> requerd waiting is passed ( 75 years ) after witch they
> are brought to the archives.
>
> Regards, Ton

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