Tag Archives: immigration

Mini-expo at FelixArchief in Antwerp: “Foreigners in a foreign city”

The FelixArchief (the City Archives of Antwerp: https://felixarchief.antwerpen.be) announced in their recent newsletter from February, sent out via email, that the subject of the mini-expo which will run from February 12, 2019, until Friday, April 5, 2019, will be about … Continue reading

Posted in België, Events, Genealogy Related Articles, History and Culture Related Articles | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Preparing your research at the Belgian State Archives

Because archives are not always only one block away from you, or because their opening times don’t suit you always well, you most probably will need to do as much preparatory and research work as possible before and after your … Continue reading

Posted in Genealogy Related Articles | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

An introduction to the Belgian Statearchives and its immigration files

The Public Safety Organization: In 1840 the Belgian state, which was founded in 1830, entrusted the Public Safety (in Dutch: Openbare Veiligheid, in French: Sûreté Publique, in German:Öffentlichen Sicherheit) which was an autonomous board under the Minister of Justice, to … Continue reading

Posted in België, Genealogy Related Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Immigration files in Archives of Antwerp & State Archives of Belgium

I posted a few times in a few newsgroups/forums with as subject Jewish Genealogy a short explanation on the files in the Belgian archives. I hope to publish once an article on my blog with more details about my experience … Continue reading

Posted in Genealogy Related Articles, genealogy/history/culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments