Monitor the Dutch archives automatically

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Bob Coret

Monitor the Dutch archives automatically

Legg inn av Bob Coret » 06 des 2004 21:49:14

Monitor the Dutch archives automatically

A great tool is now available to monitor the ever growing databases of the
Dutch state archives. Researching you Dutch ancestry made easy! Read all
about the web service Genlias Monitor [http://genliasmonitor.coret.org/] !


The most important Dutch source for genealogical research is the Civil
Register. Since 1811 the most important events in the life of every person
resident in the Netherlands - birth, marriage and death - have been
systematically recorded. All of this data is currently transcribed by
volunteers and made available by the Genlias website
(http://www.genlias.nl/).

Death records from the Civil Register enter the public domain after 50
years, marriage records after 75 years and birth records after 100 years.
All records are released in 10-year blocks. Before 1811 the churches, and
sometimes local authorities, kept records of baptisms, weddings and
funerals. Some of these records are also being added to Genlias. One of the
most interesting sources of information about your 19th-century forebears'
financial position is the statement of succession. From 1808 all heirs were
required to declare any inheritance. Known as a "statement of succession"
this declaration was used to calculate death duties. In certain cases, the
name of the deceased and a reference to the statement are being added to
Genlias.

The - free - Genlias Monitor service offers you the possibility to monitor
this important database for additional sources related to your Dutch
lineage. The site (and all related e-mail communication) is available in
English and Dutch.

You begin by defining a search profile at the Genlias Monitor site. A search
profile consists of the input fields you'd normally enter in the search form
of Genlias, the most important being the family name. If a particular search
returns more than 500 records (the maximum) you can refine your search by
specifying province, source type or years.

The first time the Genlias Monitor runs it will fetch all records which
match your search profile. Then periodically the same search is re-checked.
If new records are found, a notification will be sent to your e-mail
address. In this way you are automatically kept up-to-date on the most
important Dutch families in your research!

The search results can be downloaded from the Genlias Monitor site in
several easy-to-handle formats:
- HTML, quickly view the results in your browser.
- GEDCOM, which you can import directly into your genealogical program.
- XLS (Microsoft Excel), which you can easily cut, paste, sort and select.
- PDF (Adobe Reader), which is best for printing.

This free, online genealogical tool is very easy to use! But of course, a
user forum and a Frequently Asked Questions page are also available at
Genlias Monitor.

Give it a try: http://genliasmonitor.coret.org/

Regards,
Bob Coret

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