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Netherlands


Goal 13: Geography, Culture, and History


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Netherlands Provinces



Goal 13: Learn about the geography, culture, and history of the Netherlands.

Choices


AExplore websites and videos.

  1. World Travel Guide
  2. Nations Online
  3. Thoughtco
  4. YouTube: Geography Now! Netherlands
  5. Traditions of the Ancestors (requires a free account)
  6. FamilySearch: Cultural Groups

Reference
  1. FamilySearch: History
  2. FamilySearch: Historical Geography
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Encyclopedia Britannica

For Kids
  1. NatGeo for Kids
  2. Ducksters
  3. YouTube: Animated History of the Netherlands



Netherlands Provinces


Drenthe Flevoland Fryslân
Gelderland Groningen Limburg
Noord Brabant Noord Holland Overijssel
Utrecht Zeeland Zuid-Holland


QUIKLinks for Provinces


Civil Registration: Gelderland 1800-1952
Noord-Holland 1811-1950
Zuid-Holland 1679-1942
Leiden:   Births   Marriages   Deaths
Marriage Banns
Notarial Records   Property Ownership   Burials  
The Hague:   Births   Marriages   Deaths
Noord-Brabant Church Records:   1473-1909
North Brabant, Netherlands, Markiezenhof Baptism Index 1597-1810
Noord-Holland Civil Registration:   1811-1950
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Province Population Registers:   1820-1930
Leiden:    Netherlands, Limburg Province, Certificates of Nationality, 1860-1913
Gelderland Civil Registration:   1811-1950