Belgium is a kingdom in western Europe, between Holland,
Germany, France and England. This homepage focuses on genealogy in the country,
in the northern Dutch-speaking part, and more especially the province
East-Flanders (with Gent as county-city).
Samenwerkingsverband Vlaamse Verenigingen voor Familiekunde vzw
National VVF-Center for Family
history (Antwerp)
Public birth, marriage and death records keeping started in
1796. Records of baptism, marriage and burial keeping started arround 1590-1650
(1570 in Gent!), varying from parish to parish. These parish registers were
indexed by name in the 19th century.
Many other sources of interests to genealogists exist. We
have regional archives (Beveren, Gent, Ronse) and some of the city-archives have
very old records (Aalst, Gent, Oudenaarde). Unfortunately also some of our
finest ancient archives were destroyed during World War I (Dendermonde).
In 1964 the VVF was founded in Gent. It is the youngest but
the largest of the three major genealogical societies in Belgium. The provincial
section East-Flanders now has about 800 members.
Provincial
committee VVF East-Flanders
Provincial VVF-Center for
Family history
Every year an East-Flemish
Genealogical Meeting is organized in Kalken (Laarne), about 10 miles from
Gent, in the month of october.
The VVF-province East-Flanders is a dynamic genealogical
society, organizing many activities in their 7 regional branches.
Committee
Introduction
