Frequently asked questionsWhy aren’t the births from 1903, 1904 etc. available yet, while they no longer fall under the Privacy Rules?The death certificates of the Register Offices become public after 50 years, the marriage certificates after 75 years, and the birth certificates after a 100 years. The registers, however, are made public in blocks of 10 years. In other words: the births from the period 1903-1912 only become available in 2013, etc. The deaths from the period 1943-1952 are public, but haven’t been made available yet. That is due to a question of priorities. Additions to marriages regarding names of parents have been given preference. Furthermore, the input of the data is done by volunteers, and their attention is divided over several other large projects, like the input of data from archives of solicitors. This means that the following certificates are public; Punctuation marks regarding ij or y?Originaly the letter ‘ij’ was pronounced as ‘ee’(in Dutch ‘ie’) in large parts of the Netherlands. Nowadays it sounds like ‘i‘. But actually, this is the other way around. The ‘ij’ was used well into the nineteenth century to indicate the sound of ‘ee’. The spelling of most Dutch words has in the course of time been adjusted to the pronunciation. There are some exceptions; the word ‘bijzonder’ is (still) pronounced as ‘beezonder’. This phenomenon is also apparent in place names like Wijckel in Gaasterland and Wijchen near Nijmegen. Nearly all personal names (Christian names and surnames) including a ‘ij’ know a variant with an ‘ie’, e.g. Sijbinga and Siebinga. The described shift of sound can cause confusion in the right pronunciation and spelling of personal names. Some people wrongly pronounce ‘Sijtsma’ as ‘Sitesma’. Others skip punctuation marks and write Sytsma, Wybenga, etc. In our database names with a ‘ij’ are often written with a ‘y’ to restrict the number of variants. This says nothing about the spelling in the original certificate. Please regard this point during your search. Reduction of search results
Use of filters A filter is used to further reduce a search result. This allows you to add an extra selection criterion after a query. For instance by typing a year and selecting the field of years. Limitations in your query To limit the number of results, you can select or type “Rol”, “Tweede persoon”, “Plaats en/of Periode” Which date is conclusive in a separation of marriage?With an annulment of marriage the official date is the date of registration of the divorce decree in the register of marriages and divorces. This registration had to take place within six months of the court order. In other words: if a divorce decree wasn’t registrated in the register of marriages and divorces within six months after the court order, that court order was not validated and the marriage was not annulled! My search leads me to the wrong certificate.This can happen when the certificates are spread over more than one page, when the numbering of certificates has been started anew (e.g. in supplement registers), or when no numbering of certificates was ever present and the reference from the index concerns page numbers (Bnumber). It is difficult to find the relation between the index data and the digitalised certificates. In those case, the problem can be solved by leafing through the register. The registers were (obviously) formed chronologically. With the use of the date of registration (in birth and death certificates) or date of marriage the right certificate can be found quickly. Logging in / making an accountYou do not have to log in, or make an account in order to use this website. This functionality is only for civil servants of the Frisian municipalities. Printing a certificatePrinting a certificate is free of charge. Please note that not all the municipalities have yet placed their certificates digitally. Image not visible?If you find no image of the scan on your screen, there may be a problem with your internet browser. These problems may be solved with the Plugin of Adobe Flash Player, version 10.022.87, that can be downloaded and installed via http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. Internet Explorer Internet Explorer gives the following warning in the toolbar “This website wishes to install this insert option: ‘Adobe Flash Player Installer’ by ‘Adobe Systems Incorporated’. Click here when you trust the website and the insert option, and wish to install this… Click on this notification in the toolbar and choose ‘Install ActiveX-drive element…’ Mozilla FireFox Mozilla FireFox asks if you want to save the file ‘install_flash_player.exe’. Agree. A small screen will then open that shows the file you have just downloaded. Click on that image and then on ‘ok’ when asked if you want to open the file. Suggestions for viewing scans of certificates- Don’t confuse the number of the certificate or page with the numbers mentioned after “Paging through the register”. The number of the certificate or page can be found on the original certificate or page. - Turn a page by clicking ‘next’ in ‘paging through the register’. Where do I find certificates of the former municipality of Baarderadeel?The Frisian municipalities were divided over 91 mairies in 1811. After expulsion of the French, the original 32 municipalities and eleven cities were restored. During the twentieth century, particularly in 1984, several small municipalities merged, resulting in 31 municipalities in 2009. Some former municipalities were divided over two or more new municipalities. This website names the certificates of former municipalities under new municipalities as followes:
* The southern part of the original municipality of Leeuwarderadeel (with amongst others: Huizum, Goutum, Wirdum and Wytgaard) was added to the municipality of Leeuwarden. The northern part remained an independent municipality.
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