Source Information
A.S.B.L. Geniwal, comp. Wallonia, Belgium Marriages, 1559-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data: A.S.B.L. Geniwal, comp. Index de naissances, mariages et décès de Wallonie. [Electronic data on CD]. Wavre, Belgique: A.S.B.L. Geniwal, 2008.
About Wallonia, Belgium Marriages, 1559-1934
This database contains marriage information extracted by the Belgian genealogical association, A.S.B.L. Geniwal, for the Walloon region of Belgium and covers the years 1559-1934. The Walloon region accounts for approximately one-third of the population of Belgium and represents the entire French-speaking portion of the country. It encompasses the provinces of:
- Brabant
- Namur
- Hainaut
- Liège
- Luxembourg (not to be confused with the country of Luxembourg)
The fields listed in the database include:
- Marriage place (city and province)
- Marriage date (according to the French Republican Calendar)
- Names of husband and wife
- Places of origin
- Birth dates
- Ages
- Occupations
- Former spouse names
- Parents’ names
- Fathers’ occupations
- Names of witnesses
- Document source (parish registers (registre paroissiaux), or civil vital records (état civil)
- Page number
- Record number
- Comments
For more information about this data and the society that extracted it, please visit the Geniwal website at http://www.geniwal.info
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